Calumma

Calumma
Calumma parsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Calumma
Gray, 1865[1]

Calumma is a genus of chameleons. Most species in the genus Calumma are endemic to Madagascar, while Calumma tigris (of uncertain classification) is endemic to the Seychelles.

Species

The following 33 species are recognized as being valid:[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calumma.

References

  1. "Calumma ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
  2. "Calumma ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma peyrierasi, p. 205).

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