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Calumma hofreiteri GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES, 2025

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hofreiter’s chameleon
G: Hofreiters Chamäleon 
SynonymCalumma hofreiteri GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES 2025: 453
Calumma nasutum lineage K — PRÖTZEL et al. 2020 
DistributionNE Madagascar

Type locality: forest near Tarzanville (19.32435° S, 48.21988° E, 881 m above sea level), ca. 12 km north of Anosibe An’Ala, Northern Central East of Madagascar.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 454/2010 (FGZC 4506), adult male, collected on 13 April 2010 by F. Glaw , J. Köhler, P.-S. Gehring, K. Mebert, E. Rajeriarison, and F. M. Ratsoavina. Paratypes: ZSM 256/2016 (FGZC 5283), adult male, from near Maromizaha (18.9555° S, 48.4658° E), Northern Central East of Madagascar, collected on 2 August 2016 by F. Glaw , D. Prötzel, J. Forster, and N. Raharinoro; ZSM 924/2003 (FGMV 2002.984), adult male, from near Andasibe (18.9229° S, 48.4186° E), Northern Central East of Madagascar, collected on 18 February 2003 by G. Aprea and collaborators.
Referred material: ZSM, UADBA-FGZC 
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CommentDistribution: for a map of localities see Glaw et al. 2025: 448 (Fig. 2). 
References
  • Glaw, F., Agne, S., Prötzel, D., Gehring, P. S., Köhler, J., Preick, M., ... & Vences, M. 2025. Towards a revision of the Malagasy chameleons of the Calumma gallus complex: Redefinition of Calumma nasutum based on a museomics approach and descriptions of two new species. SALAMANDRA, 61, 442-466 - get paper here
 
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