Calumma tsaratananense (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1967)
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| Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Chamaeleo tsaratananensis BRYGOO & DOMERGUE 1967
Calumma tsaratananensis — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986
Calumma tsaratananensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 247
Calumma tsaratananensis — NECAS 1999: 279
Calumma tsaratananense — LUTZMANN & LUTZMANN 2004 |
| Distribution | Madagascar (Massif of Tsaratanana, 2500 m elevation)
Type locality: Massif of Tsaratanana (2500 m alt.), N. Madagascar
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA A0059 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Latin -ensis/is/e , adjectival suffix: from the Tsaratanana mountains, Madagascar, the type locality (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). |
| References |
- Brygoo, E. R. & C. A. Domergue 1967. Description d'un Caméléon nouveau de Madagascar Chamaeleo tsaratananensis n. sp. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 39 (5): 829-832 - 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
- 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)
- Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2006. Six New Species of Occipital-Lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma brevicorne. Copeia 2006 (4): 711-734 - get paper here
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