Calumma boettgeri
| Calumma boettgeri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Subfamily: | Chamaeleoninae |
| Genus: | Calumma |
| Species: | C. boettgeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888)[1] | |
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| Synonyms | |
Calumma boettgeri, commonly known as Boettger's chameleon[1] or the blue-nosed chameleon, is a chameleon species endemic to northern Madagascar, and common in the forests of Nosy Be.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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 boettgeri, p. 29).
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1888. Descriptions of two new Chamæleons from Nossi Bé, Madagascar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Series 6, 1: 22-23 + Plate II. ("Chamæleon Bœttgeri ", new species, p. 23 + Plate II, figure 3).
- Glaw F, Vences M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag/Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449013.
- Klaver C, Böhme W. 1986. Phylogeny and Classification of the Chamaeleonodae (Sauria), with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonn. zool. Monogr. 22: 1-64. (Calumma boettgeri, new combination).