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Calumma glawi

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Species of lizard

Calumma glawi
Conservation status

Endangered  (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. glawi
Binomial name
Calumma glawi
Böhme, 1997

Calumma glawi is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology

The specific name, glawi, is in honor of German Herpetologist Frank Glaw.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. glawi is forest, at altitudes of 1,030–1,200 m (3,380–3,940 ft).

Reproduction

C. glawi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Jenkins, R.K.B.; Andreone, F.; Andriamazava, A.; Anjeriniaina, M.; Brady, L.; Glaw, F.; Griffiths, R.A.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotomalala, D.; Randrianantoandro, J.C.; Randrianiriana , J.; Randrianizahana, H.; Ratsoavina, F.; Robsomanitrandrasana, E.; Carpenter, A. (2011). "Calumma glawi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T176304A7214184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T176304A7214184.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Calumma glawi 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 glawi, p. 102).

Further reading

  • Böhme W (1997). "Eine neue Chamäleonart aus der Calumma gastrotaenia-Verwandtschaft Ost-Madagaskars ". Herpetofauna 19 (107): 5–10. (Calumma glawi, new species). (in German).
  • Glaw F (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246.
  • 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.
  • Nečas P (1999). Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 348 pp. ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe), ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada). (Calumma glawi, p. 278).
Taxon identifiers
Calumma glawi


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