''Calumma guillaumeti'' is a
species of
chameleon
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colors, bein ...
, a
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Chamaeleonidae. The species is
endemic to
Madagascar.
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Etymology
The specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''guillaumeti'', is in honor of French botanist Jean-Louis Guillaumet.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Calumma guillaumeti'', p. 111).]
Geographic range
''C. guillaumeti'' is found in northeastern Madagascar.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''C. guillaumeti'' is forest, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''C. guillaumeti'' 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 CP, Domergue C (1974). "''Notes sur les ''Chamaeleo'' de Madagascar. XII. Caméléons du Marojezy. ''C. peyrierasi'' n.sp. et ''C. gastrotaenia guillaumeti'' n.subsp. (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleonidae)''". ''Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache'' 51 (1): 151–166. (''Chamaeleo gastrotaenia guillaumeti'', new subspecies). (in French).
* Glaw F (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". ''Vertebrate Zoology'' 65 (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. .
* Klaver CJ, Böhme W (1997). "''Chamaeleonidae''". ''Das Tierreich'' 112: xiv + 1–85. (in German).
Calumma
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1974
Taxa named by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo
Taxa named by Charles Pierre Blanc
Taxa named by Charles Domergue
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