Furcifer balteatus, also known as the two-banded chameleon or the rainforest chameleon, is a species of chameleon that is endemic to Madagascar. It was described by André Marie Constant Duméril and Gabriel Bibron in 1851.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Two-banded Chameleon being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calumma parsonii
- Chamaeleo gracilis
- Chamaeleo dilepis
- Chamaeleo zeylanicus
- Chamaeleo calyptratus
- Trioceros deremensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
- Genus
- Furcifer
- Species
- Furcifer balteatus
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