Calumma boettgeri

Calumma boettgeri, commonly known as Boettger's chameleon[1] or the blue-nosed chameleon, is a chameleon species endemic to northern Madagascar,[3] and common in the forests of Nosy Be.[4]

Calumma boettgeri
male, Montagne d’Ambre
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Calumma
Species:	C. boettgeri
Binomial name
Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chamaeleon boettgeri Boulenger, 1888 Chamaeleon linotus L. Müller, 1924 Chameleo boettgeri — Mertens, 1966 Calumma boettgeri — Klaver & Böhme, 1986

Etymology

The specific name, boettgeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Oskar Boettger.[1]

Gallery

• Boettger's chameleon at Amber Mountain National Park
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  Montagne d’Ambre
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  Montagne d’Ambre
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  Montagne d’Ambre
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  Montagne d’Ambre
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  male Montagne d’Ambre

References

1. 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 boettgeri, p. 29).
2. "Calumma boettgeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel (2007). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar (3rd ed.). Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlags. ISBN 978-3929449037.
4. Glaw F, Jenkins RKB, Proetzel D, Tolley K (2015). "Calumma boettgeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1888). "Descriptions of two new Chamæleons from Nossi Bé, Madagascar". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 1: 22-23 + Plate II. ("Chamæleon Bœttgeri ", new species, p. 23 + Plate II, figure 3).
• Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag/Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449013.
• Klaver C, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and Classification of the Chamaeleonodae (Sauria), with special reference to hemipenis morphology". Bonn. zool. Monogr. 22: 1-64. (Calumma boettgeri, new combination).