Calumma boettgeri

Calumma boettgeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Calumma
Species:	C. boettgeri
Binomial name
	Calumma boettgeri; (Boulenger, 1888)
Synonyms
	Chamaeleon boettgeri ; Boulenger, 1888; Chamaeleon macrorhinus ; Barbour, 1903; Chamaeleon boettgeri ; — F. Werner, 1911; Chamaeleo boettgeri ; — Mertens, 1966; Calumma boettgeri ; — Klaver & Böhme, 1986;

Calumma boettgeri is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.^[3]

C. boettgeri is found in northern Madagascar, including the island of Nosy Be.^[1]^[2]

The preferred natural habitat of C. boettgeri is forest, at altitudes of 810–1,200 m (2,660–3,940 ft).^[1]

C. boettgeri may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.5 cm (2.2 in), and tail length equals SVL.^[4]

C. boettgeri is arboreal, and is usually found 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) above the forest floor.^[1]

C. boettgeri is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Glaw, F.; Jenkins, R.K.B.; Proetzel, D.; Tolley, K. (2015). "Calumma boettgeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T176301A141979063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T176301A141979063.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Calumma boettgeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptile. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma boettgeri, p. 29).
^ Boulenger (1903).

Barbour T (1903). "Two New Species of Chamaeleon". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 16: 61–62. ("Chamaeleo macrorhinus ", new species, p. 62).
Boulenger GA (1888). "Descriptions of two new Chamæleons from Nossi Bé, Madagascar ". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 1: 22–23. ("Chamæleon Bœttgeri ", new species, p. 23 + Plate II, figure 3).
Prötzel D, Ruthensteiner B, Scherz MD, Glaw F (2015). "Systematic revision of the Malagasy chameleons Calumma boettgeri and C. linotum (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 4048 (2): 211–231.

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