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Calumma capuroni

Calumma capuroni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Calumma
Species:
C. capuroni
Binomial name
Calumma capuroni
Synonyms[2]
  • Chamaeleo capuroni
    Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1972
  • Calumma capuroni
    — Klaver & Böhme, 1986

Calumma capuroni is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, capuroni is in honor of French botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. capuroni is forest at altitudes of 1,400–1,920 m (4,590–6,300 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. capuroni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Jenkins, R.K.B.; Andreone, F. [in Italian]; Andriamazava, A.; Anjeriniaina, M.; Glaw, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotomalala, D.; Randrianantoandro, J.C.; Randrianiriana [sic], J.; Randrianizahana , H.; Ratsoavina, F.; Robsomanitrandrasana, E. (2011). "Calumma capuroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172840A6927841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172840A6927841.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Calumma capuroni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma capuroni, p. 47).

Further reading

  • Brygoo E-R, Blanc C, Domergue C (1972). "Notes sur les Chamaeleo de Madagascar. X. Deux nouveaux Caméléons des hauts sommets de Madagascar: C. capuroni n.sp. et C. gastrotaenia andringitraensis n.subsp." Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3, 56 (42): 601–613. (Chameleo capuroni, new species, p. 601). (in French).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-03-7.
  • Klaver CJ, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". Bonner Zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64. (Calumma capuroni, new combination).



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