Calumma

Calumma
File:Calumma Parsonii Ste Marie Madagascar.jpg
Calumma parsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Infraorder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Subfamily:	Chamaeleoninae
Genus:	Calumma Gray, 1865

Calumma is a genus of chameleons. Most species in the genus Calumma are endemic to Madagascar, while Calumma tigris (of uncertain classification) is endemic to the Seychelles.

Species

The following 32 species are recognized as being valid:

• Calumma amber Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
• Calumma ambreense (Ramanantsoa, 1974)
• Calumma andringitraense (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1972)
• Calumma boettgeri (Boulenger, 1888) – Boettger's chameleon
• Calumma brevicorne (Günther, 1879) – short-horned chameleon
• Calumma capuroni (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1972) – Madagascar chameleon
• Calumma crypticum Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 – blue-legged chameleon
• Calumma cucullatum (Gray, 1831) – hooded chameleon
• Calumma fallax (Mocquard, 1900) – deceptive chameleon
• Calumma furcifer (Vaillant & Grandidier, 1880) – forked chameleon
• Calumma gallus (Günther, 1877) – blade chameleon
• Calumma gastrotaenia (Boulenger, 1888) - Perinet chameleon
• Calumma glawi Böhme, 1997 – Glaw's chameleon
• Calumma globifer (Günther, 1879) – globe-horned chameleon or flat-casqued chameleon
• Calumma guibei (Hillenius, 1959) – Guibe's chameleon
• Calumma guillaumeti (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
• Calumma hafahafa Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 – bizarre-nosed chameleon
• Calumma hilleniusi (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1973)
• Calumma jejy Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
• Calumma malthe (Günther, 1879) – yellow-green chameleon
• Calumma marojezense (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1970)
• Calumma nasutum (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836) – big-nosed chameleon
• Calumma oshaughnessyi (Günther, 1881) – O'Shaughnessy's chameleon
• Calumma parsonii (Cuvier, 1824) – Parson's chameleon
• Calumma peltierorum Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
• Calumma peyrierasi (Brygoo, C. Blanc & Domergue, 1974) - Brygoo's chameleon
• Calumma tarzan Gehring et al., 2010
• Calumma tsaratananense (Brygoo & Domergue, 1967) – Tsaratanana chameleon
• Calumma tsycorne Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006
• Calumma tigris - uncertain classification
• Calumma vatosoa Andreone et al., 2001
• Calumma vencesi Andreone et al., 2001 – Vences' chameleon
• Calumma vohibola Gehring et al., 2011

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calumma.

Further reading

• Gray JE. 1865. Revision of the Genera and Species of Chamæleonidæ, with the Descriptions of some New Species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 465-479. (Calumma, new genus, p. 476).

External links

• Anderson, C.V. (2006). Captive Chameleon Populations. Accessed 23-01-2009 [dead link]