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Calumma tsaratananense (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1967)

IUCN Red List - Calumma tsaratananense - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymChamaeleo 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 
DistributionMadagascar (Massif of Tsaratanana, 2500 m elevation)

Type locality: Massif of Tsaratanana (2500 m alt.), N. Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA A0059 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after L.: -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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