Calumma capuroni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Calumma |
| Species: | C. capuroni
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Calumma capuroni is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, capuroni is in honor of French botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. capuroni is forest at altitudes of 1,400–1,920 m (4,590–6,300 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Calumma capuroni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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 Monographien 22: 1–64. (Calumma capuroni, new combination).
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