''Calumma capuroni'' is a
species
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of
chameleon
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, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Chamaeleonidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
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Etymology
The specific name, ''capuroni'' is in honor of French botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron René Paul Raymond Capuron (20 October 1921 – 24 August 1971) was a French botanist. Capuron was responsible for an extensive amount of work on the tree flora of Madagascar. Several tree taxa with the specific epithet of ''capuronii'' honor his n ...
.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Calumma capuroni'', p. 47).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''C. capuroni'' is forest
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at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''C. capuroni'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Brygoo E-R, Blanc C, Domergue C (1972). "''Notes sur les ''Chamaeleo'' de Madagascar. X. Deux nouveaux Caméléons des hauts sommets de Madagscar: ''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. .
* 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).
Calumma
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1972
Taxa named by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo
Taxa named by Charles Pierre Blanc
Taxa named by Charles Domergue
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