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Calumma gallus (GÜNTHER, 1877)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Pinocchio-Chamäleon
E: Lance-nosed chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleon gallus GÜNTHER 1877: 315
Chamaeleon gallus — WERNER 1911
Chamaeleo gallus — MERTENS 1966
Calumma gallus — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986
Calumma gallus — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 248
Calumma gallus —NECAS 1999: 278
Calumma sp. aff. gallus —GEHRING et al. 2010
Calumma gallus — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020
Calumma gallus — GLAW et al. 2025 
DistributionE Madagascar

Type locality: Mahanoro, S. of Tamatave [= Toamasina], Madagascar; 19.8958° S, 48.8063° E fide Glaw et al. 2025.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.55, male, previously NHMUK 1876.10.3.7 
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CommentSynonymy: “the largest portion of published records of C. gallus actually refer to C. pinocchio, including many locality records and almost all published photographs”. C. pinocchio was split off from gallus by Glaw et al. 2025. 
References
  • Boonman, John 2020. Peyrieras Reptile Reserve, Madagascar. Podarcis 11 (1): 13-16 - get paper here
  • CAMPBELL, PATRICK D; WOLFGANG DENZER 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500 - get paper here
  • Gehring, P.-S., F. M. Ratsoavina & M. Vences 2010. Filling the gaps – amphibian and reptile records from lowland rainforests in eastern Madagascar. Salamandra 46 (4): 214-234 - get paper here
  • Gehring, P.S. & Kubik, A.L. 2005. Herpetologische Beobachtungen aus Madagaskar. Elaphe 13 (3): 60-66
  • Gehring, Philip-Sebastian; Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina, Miguel Vences & Frank Glaw 2011. Calumma vohibola, a new chameleon species (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from the littoral forests of eastern Madagascar. African Journal of Herpetology 60 (2): 130-154 - 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
  • Glaw, F., Agne, S., Prötzel, D., Gehring, P. S., Köhler, J., Preick, M., ... & Vences, M. 2025. Towards a revision of the Malagasy chameleons of the Calumma gallus complex: Redefinition of Calumma nasutum based on a museomics approach and descriptions of two new species. SALAMANDRA, 61, 442-466 - get paper here
  • Glaw, Frank & Vences, Miguel 2001. Zwerge mit langen Nasen. DATZ 54 (10): 24-26
  • Günther, A. 1877. Descriptions of some new Species of Reptiles from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19: 313-317. - get paper here
  • Ineich, I., Koppetsch, T., & Böhme, W. 2022. Pinocchio lizards and other lizards bearing rostral appendages− the peculiar habitus of the draconine agamid Harpesaurus tricinctus with highlights on its ecological implications and convergence with its New World equivalent, the dactyloid Anolis proboscis. Salamandra 58(2): 123–138. - get paper here
  • Lutzmann, N. 2016. Chamäleons. Immer wieder Neues. Reptilia (Münster) 21 (119): 16-24
  • Lutzmann, N.; Kremer, G.; van Steendam, N. & Flamme, A. 2004. Auf Chamäleonsuche entlang der Route National 2 von Antananarivo bis an die Ostküste bei Ambila-Lemaitso. [Madagascar]. Draco 5 (19): 50--55 - 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)
  • Prötzel, David 2018. Auf der Suche nach neuen Chamäleonarten in Ost-Madagaskar. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (4): 66-69 - get paper here
  • 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
 
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