Calumma hilleniusi (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1973)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Chamaeleo brevicornis hilleniusi BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE 1973 Chamaeleo brevicornis hilleniusi — BRYGOO 1978 Calumma brevicornis hilleniusi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986 Calumma hilleniusi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 247 Calumma hilleniusi —NECAS 1999: 243 Calumma hillenusi [sic] — BÖHLE 2004 Calumma hilleniusi — VENCES et al. 2026
Distribution	Madagascar (station de Manjakatompa, lÇAnkaratra) Type locality: Station de Manjakatompa, l’Ankaratra, Madagascar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1972.0048; paratypes: MNHN-RA 1972.0049-0055
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Dick Hillenius (1927-1987), Dutch biologist, writer, and teacher.
References	Böhle, A. 2004. Eine Reise durch das madagassische Hochland. Draco 5 (19): 82-86 - get paper here Brygoo, E. R. & C. P. Blanc & C. A. Domergue 1973. Notes sur les Chamaeleo de Madagascar. XI. Un nouveau Caméléon de l'Ankaratra: C. brevicornis hilleniusi n.subsp. . Bull. Soc. Zool. France 98 (1): 113-120. 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 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 Vences, M., Rothe, L.-D., Glaw, F., Scherz, M.D., Gehring, P.-S., Hawlitschek, O., Kuhn, A., Multzsch, M., Petzold, A., Preick, M., Rakotoarimalala, F., Raselimanana, A.P., Ratsoavina, F.M., Ruane, S., Vieites, D.R., Hofreiter, M. & Dufresnes, C. 2026. Genome-scale molecular systematics of Madagascar’s occipital-lobed chameleons reveals polyphyly and mito-nuclear discordances. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 224, 108689 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XEx5eB7mwCI/Tq0q11VeFZI/AAAAAAAATNs/wx9bWJB9Tt0… Google images

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