Calumma lefona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Calumma
Species: Calumma lefona

Name

Calumma lefona Prötzel, Vences, Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ratsoavina & Glaw, 2018

Type locality: Andrevorevo southeast of Tsaratanana Massif (14.3464°S, 49.1028°E, 1717 m a.s.l.), Mahajanga Province, northern Madagascar

Holotype: ZSM 2849/2010 (DRV 6287), adult male with incompletely everted hemipenes, left hemipenis removed for micro-CT scanning, collected in Andrevorevo southeast of Tsaratanana Massif (14.3464°S, 49.1028°E, 1717 m a.s.l.), Mahajanga Province, northern Madagascar, on 21 June 2010 by F. M. Ratsoavina and F. Randrianasola. Paratypes: None.

References

Primary references

• Prötzel, D., Vences, M., Hawlitschek, O., Scherz, M.D., Ratsoavina, F.M. & Glaw, F. 2018. Endangered beauties: micro-CT cranial osteology, molecular genetics and external morphology reveal three new species of chameleons in the Calumma boettgeri complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 471–498. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx112 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Spear-nosed soft-nosed chameleon