Calumma oshaughnessyi (GÜNTHER, 1881)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Chamaeleon o'shaughnessii GÜNTHER 1881: 358 Chamaeleo oshaughnessyi — MERTENS 1966 Chamaeleo oshaughnessyi — BRYGOO 1978 Calumma oshaughnessyi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986 Calumma oshaughnessyi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 251 Calumma oshaughnessyi — NECAS 1999: 278 Calumma oshaughnessyi — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020
Distribution	Madagascar (Betsileo), N/E Madagascar (station forestiere des Rousettes, montagne d’Ambre, 1000m elevation) Type locality: Betsileo, Madagascar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.88, male, previously NHMUK1881.3.29.1.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after A. W. E. O’Shaughnessy, herpetologist of the British Museum.
References	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. 1978. Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae. Genre Brookesia et complément pour le genre Chamaeleo. Faune de Madagascar, 47: 1—173. CAMPBELL, PATRICK D; WOLFGANG DENZER 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500 - 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 Günther, A. 1881. Seventh Contribution to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 7: 357-360. - get paper here Klaver, C. & BÖHME,W. 1986. Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria), with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonner zool. Monogr. 22: 1-64. - get paper here LEPTIEN, R. 1989. Erläuterungen zu einigen Grundsatzfragen in der Chamäleonhaltung. Sauria 11 (4): 3-8 - get paper here Leptien, R. 2003. Getting started keeping chameleons. Reptilia (GB) (26): 11-14 - 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) Rabearivony, Jeanneney; Lee D. Brady, Richard K.B. Jenkins, Richard A. Griffiths, Achille P. Raselimanana, Michel Bisoa & Rasoamampionona N. Raminosoa 2015. Influence of riparian habitats on the distribution of rainforest chameleons in Parc National de Ranomafana, Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 64 (2): 148-159 \| DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2015.1121930 - get paper here Ramanantsoa, G. A. 1974. Contribution a la connaissance des Caméléonidés de Madagascar. Description d'une sous-espéce nouvelle: Chamaeleo oshaughnessyi ambreensis n.subsp. Terre malgache 16: 239- 249. 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 van Hoof, J. et al. 2006. Kameleons, een fascinerende hobby. Lacerta 64 (5-6): 1-96 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://orsp1.adm.binghamton.edu/~steve/CCS/Chamaeleo/chamaeleo_species.html http://verity.mcphu.edu/adcham/paged.asp?genus=calumma http://wildherps.com/species/C.oshaughnessyi.html Google images

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