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Calumma

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Chamaeleonidae

Scientific name
  
Calumma

Higher classification
  
Chameleons

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Suborder
  
Iguania

Subfamily
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Parson's chameleon, Archaius tigris

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Calumma is a genus of chameleons endemic and restricted to Madagascar. The species formerly named Calumma tigris was transferred to the genus Archaius by Townsend et al. when they found that it is more closely related to Rieppeleon than to Calumma.

Contents

Calumma Calumma Wikipedia

Calumma parsonii yellow lips eating grasshopper mts


Species

The following 33 species are recognized as being valid as of January 2017:

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  • Calumma amber Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
  • Calumma ambreense (Ramanantsoa, 1974)
  • Calumma andringitraense (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1972)
  • Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888) – Boettger's chameleon
  • Calumma brevicorne (Günther, 1879) – short-horned chameleon
  • Calumma capuroni (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1972) – Madagascar chameleon
  • Calumma crypticum Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 – blue-legged chameleon
  • Calumma cucullatum (Gray, 1831) – hooded chameleon
  • Calumma fallax (Mocquard, 1900) – deceptive chameleon
  • Calumma furcifer (Vaillant & Grandidier, 1880) – forked chameleon
  • Calumma gallus (Günther, 1877) – blade chameleon
  • Calumma gastrotaenia (Boulenger, 1888) - Perinet chameleon
  • Calumma glawi Böhme, 1997Glaw's chameleon
  • Calumma globifer (Günther, 1879) – globe-horned chameleon or flat-casqued chameleon
  • Calumma guibei (Hillenius, 1959) – Guibe's chameleon
  • Calumma guillaumeti (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
  • Calumma hafahafa Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 – bizarre-nosed chameleon
  • Calumma hilleniusi (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1973)
  • Calumma jejy Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
  • Calumma linotum (Müller, 1924) – Amber Mountain blue-nosed chameleon
  • Calumma malthe (Günther, 1879) – yellow-green chameleon
  • Calumma marojezense (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1970)
  • Calumma nasutum (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) – big-nosed chameleon
  • Calumma oshaughnessyi (Günther, 1881) – O'Shaughnessy's chameleon
  • Calumma parsonii (Cuvier, 1824) – Parson's chameleon
  • Calumma peltierorum Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
  • Calumma peyrierasi (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1974) - Brygoo's chameleon, Peyriéras' chameleon
  • Calumma tarzan Gehring, Pabijan, Ratsoavina, Köhler, Vences & Glaw, 2010
  • Calumma tsaratananense (Brygoo & Domergue, 1967) – Tsaratanana chameleon
  • Calumma tsycorne Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
  • Calumma vatosoa Anreone, Mattioli, Jesu & Randrianirina, 2001
  • Calumma vencesi Anreone, Mattioli, Jesu & Randrianirina, 2001Vences' chameleon
  • Calumma vohibola Gehring, Ratsoavina, Vences & Glaw, 2011

  • Calumma Calumma photo Calumma gallus G131847 ARKive

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calumma.

    Calumma Bluelegged chameleon photo Calumma crypticum G48132 ARKive

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    References

    Calumma Wikipedia


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