Calumma amber

Calumma amber
	male, Montagne d’Ambre National Park
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Calumma
Species:	C. amber
Binomial name
	Calumma amber; Raxworthy [fr] & Nussbaum, 2006

Calumma amber, commonly known as the Amber Mountain chameleon, is a species of chameleons endemic to Antsiranana Province, Madagascar.^[1]^[2] The species was first observed in 1989 and was first described in 2006, and can only be found in the northernmost portion of the northern Diana Region of Madagascar, on and around Montagne d'Amber National Park.^[3] C. amber was originally considered to be a population of C. brevicorne.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Jenkins, R.K.B.; Andreone, F.; Andriamazava, A.; Anjeriniaina, M.; Glaw, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotomalala, D.; Randrianantoandro, J.C.; Randrianiriana, J.; Randrianizahana , H.; Ratsoavina, F.; Robsomanitrandrasana, E. (2011). "Calumma amber". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172800A6920685. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172800A6920685.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Calumma amber at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2021.
^ Uetz, Peter; Hošek, Jirí (2021), The Reptile Database, Catalogue of Life, doi:10.48580/dfpd-37s, retrieved 2022-11-01
^ Boumans, Louis; Vieites, David R.; Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (December 2007). "Geographical patterns of deep mitochondrial differentiation in widespread Malagasy reptiles". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 822–839. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.028. PMID 17920299.