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Furcifer balteatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1851)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymChamaeleo balteatus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON in: DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 32
Chamaeleo balteus — ANGEL 1942: 174 (ex errore)
Dicranosaura bifurca var. crassicornis GRAY 1865
Chamaeleon balteatus — GRAY 1865: 347
Chamaeleon bifidus — WERNER 1911: 27 (partim)
Chamaeleo bifidus — MERTENS 1966: 7 (part.)
Chamaeleo balteatus — BRYGOO & DOMERGUE 1969
Chamaeleo balteatus — BRYGOO 1971: 54
Chamaeleo balteatus — BRYGOO 1978: 114
Furcifer balteatus — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986: 58
Furcifer balteatus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 257
Furcifer balteatus — NECAS 1999: 283
Furcifer balteatus — NECAS 2012 
DistributionE Madagascar

Type locality: Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 6521 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after L.: balteus, girdle or belt; -atus/a/um, adjectival suffix: girdled, denoting the characteristic lateral yellow-orange coloured bands from the groin to the shoulder (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
References
  • Angel, F. 1942. Les Lézards de Madagascar. Mem. Acad. Malagache, Tananarive XXXVI: 193 pp.
  • Brygoo, E. R. 1971. Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae. Genre Chamaeleo. Faune de Madagascar, ORSTOM et CNRS, Paris 33: 1-318.
  • Brygoo, E. R. 1978. Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae. Genre Brookesia et complément pour le genre Chamaeleo. Faune de Madagascar, 47: 1—173.
  • Brygoo, E. R. & C. A. Domergue 1969. Chamaeleo balteatus DUM. et Bib. (in C. et A. DUMÉRIL 1851) n’est pas synonyme de Ch. bifidus BRONGNIART 1800. Description du mâle. Diagnoses des espéces du groupe parsonii. Bull. Mus. Nation. Hist. nat., 41: 104—116.
  • Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. Duméril 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris, 224 pp.
  • 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
  • Gray, J. E. 1865. Revision of the genera and species of Chamaeleonidae, with the description of some new species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 465-479. - get paper here
  • Gray,J.E. 1865. Revision of the genera and species of Chamaeleonidae, with the description of some new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 340-354 - get paper here
  • Hoesch, U. 1985. Das Portrait: Chamaeleo balteatus DUMÉRIL. Sauria 7 (1): 1-2 - get paper here
  • Mertens, Robert 1966. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 83: 1-37
  • 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)
  • 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 Beest, Piet 2004. Herpetologische waarnemingen op Madagascar - deel 1. Lacerta 62 (2):48-55 - get paper here
  • Werner, F. 1911. Das Tierreich - Chamaeleonidae. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 27: xi + 52 pp. - get paper here
 
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