Calumma linotum
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| Calumma boettgeri at Amber Mountain National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Calumma |
| Species: | C. boettgeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Calumma boettgeri | |
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Calumma boettgeri, commonly known as Boettger's chameleon[1] or the blue-nosed chameleon, is a chameleon species endemic to northern Madagascar, and common in the forests of Nosy Be.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[1]
Gallery
- Boettger's chameleon at Amber Mountain National Park
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References
- ^ a b c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma boettgeri, p. 29).
- ^ "Calumma boettgeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Glaw F, Jenkins RKB, Proetzel D, Tolley K (2015). "Calumma boettgeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1888). "Descriptions of two new Chamæleons from Nossi Bé, Madagascar". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 1: 22-23 + Plate II. ("Chamæleon Bœttgeri ", new species, p. 23 + Plate II, figure 3).
- 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. ISBN 978-3929449013.
- 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).
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