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Calumma Gray, 1865
Taxonomic Serial No.: 715055

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Iguania – iguanes, Iguanas
	Family	Chamaeleonidae – Chameleons
	Subfamily	Chamaeleoninae
	Genus	Calumma Gray, 1865
		Direct Children:
	Species	Calumma amber Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 2006 – Amber Chameleon
	Species	Calumma ambreense (Ramanantsoa, 1974)
	Species	Calumma andringitraense (Brygoo, Blanc and Domergue, 1972)
	Species	Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888)
	Species	Calumma brevicorne (Günther, 1879)
	Species	Calumma capuroni (Brygoo, Blanc and Domergue, 1972)
	Species	Calumma crypticum Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 2006 – Cryptic Chameleon
	Species	Calumma cucullatum (Gray, 1831)
	Species	Calumma fallax (Mocquard, 1900)
	Species	Calumma furcifer (Vailland and Grandidier, 1880)
	Species	Calumma gallus (Günther, 1877)
	Species	Calumma gastrotaenium (Boulenger, 1888)
	Species	Calumma glawi Böhme, 1997
	Species	Calumma globifer (Günther, 1879)
	Species	Calumma guibei (Hillenius, 1959)
	Species	Calumma guillaumeti (Brygoo, Blanc and Domergue, 1974)
	Species	Calumma hafahafa Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 2006 – Bizarre-Nosed Chameleon
	Species	Calumma hilleniusi (Brygoo, Blanc and Domergue, 1973)
	Species	Calumma jejy Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 2006 – Marojejy Peak Chameleon
	Species	Calumma linotum (L. Müller, 1924)
	Species	Calumma malthe (Günther, 1879)
	Species	Calumma marojezense (Brygoo, Blanc and Domergue, 1970)
	Species	Calumma nasutum (A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1836)
	Species	Calumma oshaughnessyi (Günther, 1881)
	Species	Calumma parsonii (Cuvier, 1824) – Parson's Chameleon
	Species	Calumma peltierorum Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 2006 – Peltiers' Chameleon
	Species	Calumma peyrierasi (Brygoo, Blanc and Domergue, 1974)
	Species	Calumma tarzan Gehring, Pabijan, Ratsoavina, J. Köhler, Vences and Glaw, 2010
	Species	Calumma tsaratananense (Brygoo and Domergue, 1967)
	Species	Calumma tsycorne Raxworthy and Nussbaum, 2006 – Blunt-Nosed Chameleon
	Species	Calumma vatosoa Andreone, Mattioli, Jesu and Randrianirina, 2001
	Species	Calumma vencesi Andreone, Mattioli, Jesu and Randrianirina, 2001
	Species	Calumma vohibola Gehring, Ratsoavina, Vences and Glaw, 2011

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Calumma

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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Klaver, Charles J. J., and Wolfgang Böhme / Wermuth, Heinz, and Maximilian Fischer, eds.
	Publication Date:	1997
	Article/Chapter Title:	Chamaeleonidae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Animal Kingdom: A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent Animal Groups, part 112
	Page(s):	xvi + 85
	Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter
	Publication Place:	New York, New York, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	3-11-015187-1
	Notes:	German title: Das Tierreich - Eine Zusammenstellung und Keizeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Teilband 112
	Reference for:	Calumma

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Raxworthy, Christopher J., and Ronald A. Nussbaum
	Publication Date:	2006
	Article/Chapter Title:	Six New Species of Occipital-Lobed Calumma Chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with Description and Revision of Calumma brevicorne
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Copeia, vol. 2006, no. 4
	Page(s):	711-734
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0045-8511
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	Reference for:	Calumma

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Walbröl, Ulrike, and Hans Dieter Walbröl
	Publication Date:	2004
	Article/Chapter Title:	Bemerkungen zur nomenklatur der gattung Calumma (Gray, 1865) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Sauria, vol. 26, no. 3
	Page(s):	41-44
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0176-9391
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	Reference for:	Calumma

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	The name Calumma has been found to be of neuter gender (see Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006; Walbröl & Walbröl, 2004, etc.), so a number of species epithets have been adjusted accordingly

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