Calumma boettgeri

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Calumma boettgeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Calumma
Species:
C. boettgeri
Binomial name
Calumma boettgeri
(Boulenger, 1888)
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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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 3 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).

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