English: female Chamaeleo africanus sits on its finished nest
Deutsch: weibliches Basiliskenchamäleon sitzt auf dem fertigen Nest
Author Benny Trapp https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Benny_Trapp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benny_Trapp_Chamaeleo_africanus_sitzt_auf_fertigem_Nest.jpg

The African chameleon or Sahel chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus) is a species of chameleon native to the Sahel and Nile Valley. Chamaeleo africanus is found in much of the Sahel, from Mali and Mauritania to Sudan. Its range also extends north along the Nile to Egypt.
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Chamaeleo
Species: Chamaeleo africanus Laurenti, 1768
Synonyms:
Chamaeleo candidus Laurenti 1768
Chamaeleo mexicanus Laurenti 1768
Chamaeleo aegyptius Bonnaterre 1789
Chamaeleo calcaratus Merrem 1820: 162
Chamaeleon basiliscus Cope 1868