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Furcifer verrucosus (CUVIER, 1829)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesFurcifer verrucosus verrucosus (CUVIER 1829)
Furcifer verrucosus semicristatus (BOETTGER 1894) 
Common NamesG: Warzenchamäleon 
SynonymFurcifer verrucosus verrucosus (CUVIER 1829)
Chamaeleo verrucosus CUVIER 1829
Chamaeleon monilifer GRAY 1831 (nomen nudum, synonymy uncertain)
Chamaeleo verrucosus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 210
Chamaeleon verrucosus — GRAY 1865: 344
Furcifer verrucosus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 253
Furcifer verrucosus — NECAS 1999: 222

Furcifer verrucosus semicristatus (BOETTGER 1894)
Chamaeleon semicristatus BOETTGER 1894
Chamaeleo verrucosus semicristatus — MERTENS 1966
Furcifer verrucosus semicristatus — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Furcifer verrucosus semicristatus — GLAW 2015 
DistributionMadagascar (except of the E and N )

Type locality: Ile Bourhon

semicristatus: S Madagascar; Type locality: Südspitze von Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 6635
Holotype: SMF 16371 [semicristatus] 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: Reports from Réunion are erroneous (Mickaël Sanchez, pers. comm., 20 Nov 2011)

F. verrucosus exhibits hemipenial and karyotypical variability that might be an indication that more than one taxon is covered by the respective names (KLAVER & BöHME 1986: 31).

Similar species: Furcifer oustaleti 
EtymologyNamed after L.: verruca, wart or wartlike outgrowth; -osus/a/um, adjectival suffix: warty or rough-skinned, denoting the tuberculous scalation (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
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