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Calumma pinocchio 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: Pinocchio chameleon
G: Pinocchio-Chamäleon 
SynonymCalumma pinocchio GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES 2025: 456
Calumma gallus — GLAW & VENCES 1994
Calumma gallus — LEBERRE 1995
Calumma gallus — HENKEL & SCHMIDT 1995
Calumma gallus — GLAW & VENCES 2001 
DistributionCE Madagascar

Type locality: Vohimana (ca. 18.92° S, 48.50° E, ca. 800 m above sea level), Northern Central East of Madagascar  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZSM 137/2016 (FGZC 5050), adult male, captured by a local guide and collected on 27 December 2015 by F. Glaw , D. Prötzel and L. Randriamanana. Paratypes: ZSM 319/2000 (female), 321/2000 (male), 322/2000 (female), three adult specimens (without field numbers and tissue samples) from Vohidrazana (18.9658° S, 48.5103° E, 731 m a.s.l.), collected on 10 April 2000 by F. Glaw; ZSM 550/2001 (MV 2001-247), adult male, from Vohidrazana (18.9661° S, 48.5097° E, 810 m a.s.l.), collected on 17 February 2001 by M. Vences and D. R. Vieites; ZSM 311/2006 (ZVMV 2477), adult female, from An’Ala (forest camp) (18.91926° S, 48.48796° E, 889 m a.s.l.), collected by D. R. Vieites, M. Vences, F. Rabemananjara, P. Bora, C. Weldon and J. Patton; ZSM 138/2016 (FGZC 5075), adult female, from Vohimana near “Relais de Naturaliste” (18.9203° S, 48.5160° E, 786 m a.s.l.), collected on 28 December 2015 by F. Glaw , D. Prötzel and L. Randriamanana; ZFMK 62319, adult male with everted hemipenes, from Ambavaniasy near Vohidrazana (no coordinates available), collected in 1996 by F. Glaw; UADBA-FGZC 5074, adult male, same data as holotype (not sequenced). 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. & M. Vences 2001. Calumma gallus & Co: Zwerge mit langen Nasen. DATZ, 54(10): 24–26
  • 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., 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
  • Henkel, F.H.; Schmidt, W. 1995. Amphibien und Reptilien Madagascars. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart : 1-312
  • LeBerre, F. 1995. The new chameleon handbook. Barron’s Educational Series, New York, 128 pp
 
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