Calumma vatosoa ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA, 2001

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Calumma vatosoa ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA 2001
Distribution	NE Madagascar Type locality: Foret de Tsararano (Campsite 2), elevation 665 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MRSN R1628
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Malagasy “vato” = stone, and “soa” = beautiful.
References	Andreone, F. & Gavetti, E. 2010. I musei naturalistici metropolitani nello studio e nella biodiversità erpetologica: il caso del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino. Metropolitan natural history museums in the study and conservation of herpetological biodiversity: the case of the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Turin. Museologia Scientifica Memorie 2010 (5): 49-61 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. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here LUTZMANN, N., J. MACKINNON, P.-S. GEHRING & T. M. WILMS 2010. Ein neuer Nachweis des seltenen gefundenen Chamäleons Calumma vatosoa ANDREONE, MATTIOLI, JESU & RANDRIANIRINA, 2001 aus Nordost-Madagaskar. Sauria 32 (4): 65-66 - get paper here Prötzel D, Glaw F, Ruthensteiner B 2016. No longer single! Description of female Calumma vatosoa (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) including a review of the species and its systematic position. Zoosystematics and Evolution 92(1): 13-21; doi: 10.3897/zse.92.6464 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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