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Furcifer oustaleti (MOCQUARD, 1894)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Riesenchamäleon 
SynonymChamaeleon oustaleti MOCQUARD 1894: 3
Furcifer oustaleti — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 253
Furcifer oustaleti — NECAS 1999: 222
Chamaeleo oustaleti — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 100
Furcifer oustaleti — NECAS 2012
Furcifer cf. oustaleti — RAKOTOARISON et al. 2015 
DistributionMadagascar, Nosy Faly

Type locality: Betsileo and Diégo Suarez, Madagascar

Introduced to Florida (USA).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 1893.0 155-0158 and MNHN-RA 1891.0022 (total 5 specimen syntypes) 
Diagnosis 
CommentSimilar species: Furcifer verrucosus 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Jean-Frederic Emile Oustalet (1844-1905), a French zoologist. 
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