Color variation “green giant”
Distribution: Masoala National Park is located on the peninsula of the same name in north-eastern Madagascar. At the northern end of Antongil Bay, also known as the “Cradle of Whales”, lies the small coastal...
Calumma guillaumeti
First description: (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974) Origin of the species name: Édouard-Raoul Brygoo (later working at the Natural History Museum in Paris, France), Charles Pierre Blanc and Charles Antoine Domergue from the then...
Calumma hilleniusi
First description: (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1973) Origin of the species name: The Dutch herpetologist Dick Hillenius received his doctorate in 1959 on the genus Chamaeleo at the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam (Netherlands). At...
Calumma jejy
First description: Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 Origin of the species name: Christopher J. Raxworthy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA) and Ronald A. Nussbaum of the University of Michigan, Ann...
Calumma linotum
First description: (Müller, 1924) Origin of the species name: The German herpetologist Lorenz Müller, then curator of the herpetological department of the State Zoological Collection of Munich (Germany), described this chameleon species in 1924....
Calumma malthe
First description: (Günther, 1879) Origin of the species name: The German zoologist Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, then Director of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of London (Great Britain), named Calumma...
Calumma oshaughnessyi
First description: (Günther, 1881) Origin of the species name: The German zoologist Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, then Director of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of London (Great Britain), gave only...
Calumma parsonii cristifer
First description: (Methuen & Hewitt, 1913) Origin of the species name: The English zoologist Paul Ayshford Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen, and the South African zoologist John Hewitt gave this subspecies of the Parsons Chameleon...
Calumma roaloko
First description: Prötzel, Lambert, Andrianasolo, Hutter, Cobb, Scherz and Glaw, 2018 Origin of the species name: David Prötzel, Mark D. Scherz and Frank Glaw from the Zoologic State Collection Munich (Germany), Shea M. Lambert...
Calumma uetzi
First description: Prötzel, Vences, Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ratsoavina & Glaw, 2018 Origin of the species name: Frank Glaw of the Munich State Zoological Collection (Germany) had the idea to name the species after Peter...
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