''Calumma hilleniusi'' 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
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in the
family Chamaeleonidae. The species is
endemic to
Madagascar.
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Etymology
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''hilleniusi'', is in honor of Dutch herpetologist Dick Hillenius
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.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Calumma hilleniusi'', p. 124).]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''C. hilleniusi'' are forest and grassland, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
''C. hilleniusi'' 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 ...
.[ A female may lay a ]clutch
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of as many as ten eggs.
References
Further reading
* Brygoo É-R, Blanc CP, Domergue C (1973). "''Notes sur les ''Chamaeleo'' de Madagascar. XI. Un nouveau caméléon de l'Ankaratra'' : C. brevicornis hilleniusi n. subsp." ''Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France'' 98 (1): 113–120. (''Chamaeleo brevicornis hilleniusi'', new subspecies). (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 C, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". ''Bonner zoologische Monographien'' 22: 1–64. (''Calumma brevicornis hillenius'', new combination).
Calumma
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1973
Taxa named by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo
Taxa named by Charles Pierre Blanc
Taxa named by Charles Domergue
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