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Calumma ambreense (RAMANANTSOA, 1974)

IUCN Red List - Calumma ambreense - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymChamaeleo oshaughnessyi ambreensis RAMANANTSOA 1974
Calumma oshaughnessyi ambreensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 251
Calumma oshaughnessyi ambreense — LUTZMANN & LUTZMANN 2004
Calumma ambreense — GLAW & VENCES 2007 
DistributionN Madagascar (Montagne d’Ambre)

Type locality: Montagne d’Ambre, Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1974.0006; MNHN-RA 1974.0007-0011 paratypes 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • D’Cruze, N.; Köhler, J.; Franzen, M & Glaw, F. 2008. A conservation assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of the Forêt d’Ambre Special Reserve, north Madagascar. MADAGASCAR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT 3 (1): 44-54 - get paper here
  • Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3)
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1881. Seventh Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 7: 357-360. - get paper here
  • Leptien, R. 2003. Getting started keeping chameleons. Reptilia (GB) (26): 11-14 - get paper here
  • Lutzmann, N. & Lutzmann, H. 2004. Das grammatikalische Geschlecht der Gattung Calumma (Chamaeleonidae) und die nötigen Anpassungen einiger Art- und Unterartbezeichnungen. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (48): 4-5 (Addendum in issue 5: 13) - get paper here
  • Nečas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe)<br />ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada)
  • Pawlik, K. 2012. Chamäleon-Urlaub – eine Madagaskar-Reise. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (96): 103-109 - get paper here
  • Ramanantsoa, G. A. 1974. Contribution a la connaissance des Caméléonidés de Madagascar. Description d'une sous-espéce nouvelle: Chamaeleo oshaughnessyi ambreensis n.subsp. Terre malgache 16: 239- 249.
  • van Hoof, J. et al. 2006. Kameleons, een fascinerende hobby. Lacerta 64 (5-6): 1-96 - get paper here
 
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