Editing Chameleon (section)

==Classification==
In 1986, the family Chamaeleonidae was divided into two subfamilies, [[Brookesiinae]] and [[Chamaeleoninae]].<ref name="and Böhme 1986">{{cite journal |title= Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology |author1=Klaver, C. |author2=Böhme, W. |journal=Bonner Zoologische Monographien |year=1986 |volume=22 |pages=1–64|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44935922#page/239/mode/1up}}</ref> Under this classification, [[Brookesiinae]] included the genera ''[[Brookesia]]'' and ''[[Rhampholeon]]'', as well as the genera later split off from them (''[[Palleon]]'' and ''[[Rieppeleon]]''), while [[Chamaeleoninae]] included the genera ''[[Bradypodion]]'', ''[[Calumma]]'', ''[[Chamaeleo]]'', ''[[Furcifer]]'' and ''[[Trioceros]]'', as well as the genera later split off from them (''[[Archaius]]'', ''[[Nadzikambia]]'' and ''[[Kinyongia]]''). Since that time, however, the validity of this subfamily designation has been the subject of much debate,<ref name=Tilbury_2010>{{cite book |last=Tilbury |first=Colin |title=Chameleons of Africa, An Atlas including the chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia |isbn=978-3899734515|publisher=Edition Chimaira |year=2010 |location=Frankfurt }}</ref> although most phylogenetic studies support the notion that the pygmy chameleons of the subfamily Brookesiinae are not a [[monophyletic]] group.<ref name="Townsend and Larson 2002">{{cite journal |title=Molecular phylogenetics and mitochondrial genomic evolution in the Chamaeleonidae (Reptilia, Squamata) |last=Townsend |first=T. |author2= Larson, A. |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |year=2002 |volume=23 |issue= 1 |pages=22–36 |doi=10.1006/mpev.2001.1076 |pmid=12182400 }}</ref><ref name="Raxworthy et al. 2002">{{cite journal |title= Chameleon radiation by oceanic dispersal |author1=Raxworthy, C. J. |author2=Forstner, M. R. J. |author3=Nussbaum, R. A. |journal=Nature |year=2002 |volume=415 |issue= 6873 |pages=784–787 |doi=10.1038/415784a|pmid= 11845207 |bibcode=2002Natur.415..784R |hdl=2027.42/62614 |s2cid=4422153 |url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/62614/1/415784a.pdf |hdl-access= free }}</ref><ref name="Townsend et al. 2011">{{cite journal |title= Eastward from Africa: Palaeocurrent-mediated chameleon dispersal to the Seychelles islands |last=Townsend |first=T. M. |author2=Tolley, K. A. |author3=Glaw, F. |author4=Böhme, W. |author5=Vences, M. |display-authors=3|journal=Biology Letters |year=2011 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=225–228 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2010.0701 |pmid=20826471 |pmc=3061160}}</ref><ref name="Tolley et al. 2013">{{cite journal |title=Large-scale phylogeny of chameleons suggests African origins and Eocene diversification |last=Tolley |first=K. A. |author2=Townsend, T. M.|author3= Vences, M. |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B |year=2013 |volume=280 |issue= 1759 |pages=20130184 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2013.0184 |pmid= 23536596 |pmc=3619509}}</ref>

While some authorities have previously preferred to use this subfamilial classification on the basis of the absence of evidence principle,<ref name="Tilbury_2010"/> these authorities later abandoned this subfamilial division, no longer recognizing any subfamilies with the family Chamaeleonidae.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tilbury |first1=Colin |chapter=Overview of the Systematics of the Chamaeleonidae |editor1-last=Tolley |editor1-first=Krystal A. |editor2-last=Herrel |editor2-first=Anthony |title=The Biology of Chameleons |publisher=University of California Press |year=2014 |location=Berkeley |pages=151–174 |isbn=9780520276055 }}</ref>

In 2015, however, Glaw reworked the subfamilial division by placing only the genera ''[[Brookesia]]'' and ''[[Palleon]]'' within the [[Brookesiinae]] subfamily, with all other genera being placed in [[Chamaeleoninae]].<ref name="Glaw 2015"/>