Calumma tsaratananense (BRYGOO & DOMERGUE, 1967)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Chamaeleo tsaratananensis BRYGOO & DOMERGUE 1967 Calumma tsaratananensis — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986 Calumma tsaratananensis — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 247 Calumma tsaratananensis —NECAS 1999: 279 Calumma tsaratananense — LUTZMANN & LUTZMANN 2004 Calumma tsaratananense — VENCES et al. 2026
Distribution	Madagascar (Massif of Tsaratanana, 2500 m elevation) Type locality: Massif of Tsaratanana (2500 m alt.), N. Madagascar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA A0059
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin -ensis/is/e , adjectival suffix: from the Tsaratanana mountains, Madagascar, the type locality (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023).
References	Brygoo, E. R. & C. A. Domergue 1967. Description d'un Caméléon nouveau de Madagascar Chamaeleo tsaratananensis n. sp. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 39 (5): 829-832 - get paper here 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 Lutzmann, N. & Lutzmann, H. 2004. Das grammatikalische Geschlecht der Gattung Calumma (Chamaeleonidae) und die nötigen Anpassungen einiger Art- und Unterartbezeichnungen. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (48): 4-5 (Addendum in issue 5: 13) - 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) Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 2006. Six New Species of Occipital-Lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a New Description and Revision of Calumma brevicorne. Copeia 2006 (4): 711-734 - 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://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l32YcxIgRgk/Tq0w3_YPjbI/AAAAAAAATOk/2oWyoYiQ9aQ… Google images

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