Calumma capuroni

Calumma capuroni
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Calumma
Species:	C. capuroni
Binomial name
Calumma capuroni (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1972)
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. 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. 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 Monographien22: 1–64. (Calumma capuroni, new combination).