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Calumma boettgeri

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Species of lizard

Calumma boettgeri
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Calumma
Species: C. boettgeri
Binomial name
Calumma boettgeri
(Boulenger, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Chamaeleon boettgeri
    Boulenger, 1888
  • Chamaeleon macrorhinus
    Barbour, 1903
  • Chamaeleon boettgeri
    — F. Werner, 1911
  • Chamaeleo boettgeri
    — Mertens, 1966
  • Calumma boettgeri
    — Klaver & Böhme, 1986

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.

Geographic range

C. boettgeri is found in northern Madagascar, including the island of Nosy Be.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes of 810–1,200 m (2,660–3,940 ft).

Description

C. boettgeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.5 cm (2.2 in), and tail length equals SVL.

Behavior

C. boettgeri is arboreal, and is usually found 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) above the forest floor.

Reproduction

C. boettgeri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Glaw, F.; Jenkins, R.K.B.; Proetzel, D.; Tolley, K. (2015). "Calumma boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T176301A141979063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T176301A141979063.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Calumma boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptile. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma boettgeri, p. 29).
  4. 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).
  • Prötzel D, Ruthensteiner B, Scherz MD, Glaw F (2015). "Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 4048 (2): 211–231.


Taxon identifiers
Calumma boettgeri


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