''Calumma linotum'', commonly known as the blue-nosed chameleon, is a chameleon
species
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endemic
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to northern
Madagascar
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and common in the forests of
Nosy Be
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Gallery
File:Calumma boettgeri 004.jpg, Montagne d’Ambre
Blue-nosed chameleon (Calumma linotum) male Montagne d’Ambre 2.jpg, Male at Montagne d’Ambre
References
Further reading
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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. .
*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).
Calumma
Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1924
Taxa named by Lorenz Müller
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