Calumma pinocchio GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES, 2025
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Calumma pinocchio
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| Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Pinocchio chameleon G: Pinocchio-Chamäleon |
| Synonym | Calumma pinocchio GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES 2025: 456 Calumma gallus — GLAW & VENCES 1994 Calumma gallus — LEBERRE 1995 Calumma gallus — HENKEL & SCHMIDT 1995 Calumma gallus — GLAW & VENCES 2001 |
| Distribution | CE Madagascar Type locality: Vohimana (ca. 18.92° S, 48.50° E, ca. 800 m above sea level), Northern Central East of Madagascar |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZSM 137/2016 (FGZC 5050), adult male, captured by a local guide and collected on 27 December 2015 by F. Glaw , D. Prötzel and L. Randriamanana. Paratypes: ZSM 319/2000 (female), 321/2000 (male), 322/2000 (female), three adult specimens (without field numbers and tissue samples) from Vohidrazana (18.9658° S, 48.5103° E, 731 m a.s.l.), collected on 10 April 2000 by F. Glaw; ZSM 550/2001 (MV 2001-247), adult male, from Vohidrazana (18.9661° S, 48.5097° E, 810 m a.s.l.), collected on 17 February 2001 by M. Vences and D. R. Vieites; ZSM 311/2006 (ZVMV 2477), adult female, from An’Ala (forest camp) (18.91926° S, 48.48796° E, 889 m a.s.l.), collected by D. R. Vieites, M. Vences, F. Rabemananjara, P. Bora, C. Weldon and J. Patton; ZSM 138/2016 (FGZC 5075), adult female, from Vohimana near “Relais de Naturaliste” (18.9203° S, 48.5160° E, 786 m a.s.l.), collected on 28 December 2015 by F. Glaw , D. Prötzel and L. Randriamanana; ZFMK 62319, adult male with everted hemipenes, from Ambavaniasy near Vohidrazana (no coordinates available), collected in 1996 by F. Glaw; UADBA-FGZC 5074, adult male, same data as holotype (not sequenced). Referred material: ZSM, UADBA-FGZC |
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| Comment | Distribution: for a map of localities see Glaw et al. 2025: 448 (Fig. 2). |
| Etymology | Named after the fictional character and protagonist of the children’s novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio”, written by the Italian writer Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pseudonym Carlo Collodi, in 1883. The elongated and pointed rostral appendage of this chameleon is reminiscent of Pinocchio’s long nose which grows when he lies, although in C. pinocchio the appendage may well be an honest signal of communication reflecting male fitness. |
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