Calumma glawi

Calumma glawi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, glawi, is in honor of German Herpetologist Frank Glaw. ^[3]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

C. glawi is oviparous. ^[2]

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 [sic], 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 ". Herpetofauna19 (107): 5–10. (Calumma glawi, new species). (in German).
• Glaw F (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology65 (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).