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Calumma peyrierasi (BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE, 1974)

IUCN Red List - Calumma peyrierasi - Vulnerable, VU
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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymChamaeleo peyrierasi BRYGOO, BLANC & DOMERGUE 1974
Chamaeleo peyrierasi — BRYGOO 1978: 153
Calumma peyrierasi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986: 58
Calumma peyrierasi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 250
Calumma peyrierasi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Calumma peyrierasi —NECAS 1999: 279 
DistributionMadagascar (Marojezy mountains)

Type locality: Flancs du Marojezy (1900—2000 m elevation), N. Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1973.0440; paratype: MNHN-RA 1973.0441 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Andre Peyieras (1927- 2018), French entomologist (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023, Alex Negro, pers. comm, 27 May 2025). 
References
  • Andreone, Franco, Fabio Mattioli, Riccardo Jesu and Jasmin E. Randrianirina 2001. Two new chameleons of the genus Calumma from north-east Madagascar, with observations on hemipenial morphology in the Calumma furcifer group (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). The Herpetological Journal 11 (2):53-68 - get paper here
  • 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 1974. Notes sur les Brookesia de Madagascar. IX. Observations sur B. tuberculata Mocquard, 1894, B. ramanantsoai sp. nov. et B. peyrierasi nom. nov. (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleontidae). . Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 189 (267): 1769-1782 [1975]
  • Brygoo, E. R. & C. P. Blanc & C. A. Domergue 1974. Notes sur les Chamaeleo de Madagascar. XII. Caméléons du Marojezy. C. peyrierasi n.sp. et C. gastrotaenia guillaumeti n.subsp. (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae). Bull. Acad. Malgache 51 [1973] (1): 151-166.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Scherz, Mark D. 2017. Eine Forschungsreise in den Marojejy-Nationalpark auf Madagaskar. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (5): 64-67 - get paper here
 
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