''Calumma guibei'', also known
commonly as Guibé's chameleon, is a
species
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of
chameleon
Chameleons or chamaeleons (Family (biology), family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 200 species described as of June 2015. The members of this Family (biology), family are best known for ...
, a
lizard
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in the
family
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Chamaeleonidae. The species is
endemic
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to
Madagascar
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.
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Etymology
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* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''guibei'', is in honor of French herpetologist Jean Guibé.[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael, Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Calumma guibei'', p. 111).]
Geographic range
''C. guibei'' is found in northern Madagascar.[
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''C. guibei'' is forest
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, at elevations of .
Description
''C. guibei'' has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . It has a soft dermal rostral appendage, which is longer in males than in females.[
]
Reproduction
''C. guibei'' is oviparous
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.[
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References
Further reading
* Glaw F, Vences M (2006). ''A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition''. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. .
* Hillenius D (1959). "The differentiation within the genus ''Chameleo'' Laurenti Laurenti is a surname. It may refer to:
People
*Adolfo Laurenti (1856-1944), Italian sculptor
*Camillo Laurenti (1861–1938), Italian cardinal
*Cesare Laurenti (engineer), Italian designer of submarines influencing HMS ''Swordfish'' (1916)
*Cesar ...
, 1768". ''Beaufortia'' 8: 1–92. (''Chamaeleo guibei'', new species, p. 25).
* Klaver C, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". ''Bonner zoologische Monographien'' 22: 1–64. (''Calumma guibei'', new combination, p. 58).
* Nečas P (1999). ''Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 348 pp. (Europe), (USA, Canada). (''Calumma guibei'', p. 278).
Calumma
Reptiles of Madagascar
Reptiles described in 1959
Taxa named by Wolfgang Böhme (herpetologist)
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