Biology:Calumma glawi

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Short description: Species of lizard

Calumma glawi
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Calumma
Species:
C. glawi
Binomial name
Calumma glawi
Böhme, 1997
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Calumma glawi is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar .[1]

Etymology

The specific name, glawi, is in honor of German Herpetologist Frank Glaw.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. glawi is forest, at altitudes of 1,030–1,200 m (3,380–3,940 ft).[3]

Reproduction

C. glawi is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Calumma glawi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  2. 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 glawi, p. 102).
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Further reading

  • Böhme W (1997). "Eine neue Chamäleonart aus der Calumma gastrotaenia-Verwandtschaft Ost-Madagaskars ". Herpetofauna 19 (107): 5–10. (Calumma glawi, new species). (in German).
  • Glaw F (2015). "Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246.
  • Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. ISBN:978-3929449-03-7.
  • Nečas P (1999). Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira. 348 pp. ISBN:3-930612-04-6 (Europe), ISBN:1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada). (Calumma glawi, p. 278).

Wikidata ☰ Q2934429 entry