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Furcifer minor (GÜNTHER, 1879)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lesser Chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleon minor GÜNTHER 1879: 246
Furcifer minor — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 257
Furcifer minor —NECAS 1999: 283
Chamaeleo minor— PIANKA & VITT 2003
Furcifer minor — NECAS 2012 
DistributionC Madagascar

Type locality: Fianarantsoa, Betsileo, S.E. Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.21.42-45, three males and one female. Previously NHMUK 1879.6.11.1–3), G. A. Shaw. 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin minor (comparative of parvus, small): smaller, denoting the smaller body dimensions as compared to the supposedly related F. bifidus (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
References
  • 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
  • Edmonds, Devin 2024. Communal egg-laying in the Lesser Chameleon, Furcifer minor (Gunther, 1879), at Itremo Massif, Amoron'i Mania Region, Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 17: 579-581
  • 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. 2004. Die Herpetofauna Madagaskars: Vielfalt, Lebensweise und Gefährdung. Draco 5 (19): 4-21 - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1879. Description of a new species of Chamaeleon from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 4: 246-247. - get paper here
  • Günther, A. 1879. Description of four new species of Chamaeleon from Madagascar. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1879: 148-150. - get paper here
  • Nečas, P. 1994. Bemerkungen zur Chamäleon-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, mit vorläufiger Beschreibung eines neuen Chamäleons aus Kenia (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Herpetozoa 7 (3/4): 95-108. - get paper here
  • Nečas, P. 2012. Chamäleons der Gattung Furcifer. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (95): 20-27 - 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)
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • 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
 
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