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Brookesia vadoni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1968

IUCN Red List - Brookesia vadoni - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Iaraka River Leaf Chameleon 
SynonymBrookesia vadoni BRYGOO & DOMERGUE 1968
Brookesia vadoni — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 240
Brookesia vadoni — NECAS 1999: 277
Brookesia vadoni — TOWNSEND et al. 2009 
DistributionMadagascar (Vallée de la riviére Iaraka, near Masoala)

Type locality: Vallée de la riviére Iaraka, near Masoala, 600 - 1000 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1968.0003; paratypes: MNHN-RA 1968.0004-0005 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Jean Pierre Leopold Vadon (1904-1970), a naturalist. 
References
  • Andreone F., Randrianirina J., Jenkins P.D. & Aprea G. 2000. Species diversity of Amphibia, Reptilia and Lipotyphla (Mammalia) at Ambolokopatrika, a rainforest between the Anjanaharibe-Sud and Marojejy massifs, NE Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 9: 1587–1622 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Brygoo, E. R. & C. A. Domergue 1968. Description d'un nouveau Brookesia de Madagascar B. vadoni n.sp. (Chaméléonidés). . Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 40 (4): 677-682. - 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
  • Le Berre, Francois 1996. A few notes on four species of Brookesia. Reptiles 4 (10): 24-30
  • Nečas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 256 pp. [review in Elaphe 14 (1): 24]
  • 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)
  • Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. 2010. Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur und Tier Verlag, 328 pp. [review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013] - get paper here
  • Townsend, T.M.; Vieites, D.R.; Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2009. Testing Species-Level Diversification Hypotheses in Madagascar: The Case of Microendemic Brookesia Leaf Chameleons. Systematic Biology 58 (6):641–656 - get paper here
 
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