NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Furcifer bifidus (Brongniart, 1800)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
A male fork-nosed chameleon (Furcifer bifidus) at LLL Reptiles, a reptile store in Las Vegas.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Furcifer bifidus, also known as the fork-nosed chameleon, is a species of chameleon that is endemic to Madagascar. It was described by Alexandre Brongniart in 1800. The International Union for Conservation of Nature have ranked this species of chameleon as Least Concern.
Wikipedia contributors, Furcifer bifidus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:28:36.471416+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Furcifer bifidus (Brongniart, 1800)
- Name authority
- (Brongniart, 1800)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
- Genus
- Furcifer
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusFurcifer
- speciesFurcifer bifidus (Brongniart, 1800)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Furcifer. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Furcifer polleni (Peters, 1874) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser ChameleonFurcifer minor (Günther, 1879) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Green chameleonFurcifer viridis Florio, Ingram, Rakotondravony, Louis Jr & Raxworthy, 2012 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinoceros chameleonFurcifer rhinoceratus (Gray, 1845) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Campan’s chameleonFurcifer campani (Grandidier, 1872) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Timon’s chameleonFurcifer timoni Glaw, Köhler & Vences, 2009 | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Furcifer cephalolepis (Günther, 1880) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labord’s chameleonFurcifer labordi (Grandidier, 1872) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Furcifer balteatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1851) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wills’ chameleonFurcifer willsii (Günther, 1890) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Furcifer verrucosus (Cuvier, 1829) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ambilobe panther chameleonFurcifer pardalis (Cuvier, 1829) | ChamaeleonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Diceros bifurcatus Swainson, 1839 Swainson, 1839 | synonym |
| Dicranosaura bifurca var. crassicornis Gray, 1865 Gray, 1865 | ambiguous synonym |
| Chamaeleo bifidus Brongniart, 1800 Brongniart, 1800 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Furcifer&species=bifidus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6JSXX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.