Calumma boettgeri

Calumma boettgeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Calumma
Species:	C. boettgeri
Binomial name
Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888)
Synonyms [2]
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. ^[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

C. boettgeri is oviparous. ^[2]

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 Washington16: 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 Series1: 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)". Zootaxa4048 (2): 211–231.