''Calumma tsaratananense'', the Tsaratanana chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in

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 ...

Range and habitat

''Calumma tsaratananense'' is known only from the Tsaratanana Massif, Madagascar's highest mountain, located in the northern portion of the island. It inhabits high-elevation heathland between 2,500 and 2,850 meters elevation in the ericoid thickets ecoregion. Its area of occupancy (AOO) is not well known. Tsaratanana Massif has an area of 492 km², but the chameleon's range is less than less than 100 km⁶, and may be as little as 6 km².

References

Calumma Reptiles of Madagascar Reptiles described in 1967 Taxa named by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo Taxa named by Charles Domergue Madagascar ericoid thickets {{chameleon-stub