Calumma furcifer (VAILLANT & GRANDIDIER, 1880)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Chamaeleon furcifer VAILLANT & GRANDIDIER 1880 Chamaeleon chauvini METHUEN & HEWITT 1913 Calumma furcifer — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986 Chamaeleo furcifer — GOTCH 1986 Calumma furcifer — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 250 Calumma furcifer — NECAS 1999: 278 Calumma furciferum — LUTZMANN & LUTZMANN 2004 Calumma furciferum — WALBRÖL & WALBRÖL 2004 Calumma furciferum — WALBRÖL & WALBRÖL 2005 Calumma furcifer — GLAW 2005 Calumma furciferum — SCHMIDT et al. 2010 Calumma furcifer — GLAW 2015
Distribution	CE Madagascar Type locality: Cote Est de Madagascar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 5539
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the Latin word for “fork bearing”. Note that this species needs to be called furcifer because of a special rule in the “code” according to which epithets that end in -fer and -ger need to be treated as nouns, unless the author explicitely states something else (LUTZMANN, pers. comm.).
References	Andreone, Franco, Fabio Mattioli, Riccardo Jesu and Jasmin E. Randrianirina 2001. Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north-east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). The Herpetological Journal 11 (2):53-68 - 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. 2005. Babylonische Sprachverwirrung. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (51): 12 - get paper here Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here Gotch, A. F. 1986. Reptiles - Their Latin Names Explained. Blandford Press, 176 pp. 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 Methuen, P. A. & J. Hewitt 1913. On a collection of reptiles from Madagascar made during the year 1911. Annals Transvaal Mus. 3 (4): 183-193. - 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) Parker,H.W. 1925. New and rare reptiles and batrachians from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 16: 390-394 - get paper here Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. 2010. Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur und Tier Verlag, 328 pp. [review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013] - get paper here Vaillant, L & A. Grandidier 1880. Description d'une espéce nouvelle de Chamaeleon de Madagascar. Bull. Soc. philom. Paris (7) 11 (7): 148- 150. - get paper here Walbröl, U. & Walbröl, H.-D. 2004. Bemerkungen zur Nomenklatur der Gattung Calumma (GRAY 1865) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Sauria 26 (3): 41-44 - get paper here Walbrol, U.; Walbrol, H.D. 2005. Additional remarks on the nomenclature of the genus Calumma GRAY, 1865. Sauria 27 (2): 33-35 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://verity.mcphu.edu/adcham/paged.asp?genus=calumma Google images

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