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Calumma furciferum  (Vailland and Grandidier, 1880)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 716566

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Valid Name: Calumma furcifer (Vailland and Grandidier, 1880)
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - other, see comments   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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

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 Comments
       
  Comment: The original name was Chamaeleo furcifer, and the authors also noted the species Chamaeleo bifurcatus, thereby indicating they they treated it as masculine. The species name ending in -fer may be treated as either a noun or an ajective, and per ICZN Art. 31.2.2 it must therefore be considered a noun in apposition, which should not be changed to match the gender of the current genus. Thus, Calumma furcifer is the correct name in this genus, not C. furciferum  
 

 

    


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