Calumma boettgeri
Calumma boettgeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Calumma |
Species: | C. boettgeri
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Binomial name | |
Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Calumma boettgeri is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology[]
The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[3]
Geographic range[]
C. boettgeri is found in northern Madagascar, including the island of Nosy Be.[1][2]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitat of C. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes of 810–1,200 m (2,660–3,940 ft).[1]
Description[]
C. boettgeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.5 cm (2.2 in), and tail length equals SVL.[4]
Behavior[]
C. boettgeri is arboreal, and is usually found 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) above the forest floor.[1]
Reproduction[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Glaw F, , , (2015). "Calumma boettgeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T176301A141979063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T176301A141979063.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Calumma boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptile. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma boettgeri, p. 29).
- ^ Boulenger (1903).
Further reading[]
- Barbour T (1903). "Two New Species of Chamaeleon". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 16: 61–62. ("Chamaeleo macrorhinus ", new species, p. 62).
- Boulenger GA (1888). "Descriptions of two new Chamæleons from Nossi Bé, Madagascar ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 1: 22–23. ("Chamæleon Bœttgeri ", new species, p. 23 + Plate II, figure 3).
- , , , Glaw F (2015). "Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 4048 (2): 211–231.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Calumma
- Reptiles of Madagascar
- Reptiles described in 1888
- Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
- Chameleon stubs