Calumma tarzan
| Calumma tarzan | |
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| Male Calumma tarzan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Subfamily: | Chamaeleoninae |
| Genus: | Calumma |
| Species: | C. tarzan |
| Binomial name | |
| Calumma tarzan Gehring, Pabijan, Ratsoavina, J. Köhler, Vences & Glaw, 2010 | |
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Calumma tarzan is a species of chameleon. Calumma tarzan is endemic to the Alaotra-Mangoro region in Madagascar.[1][2][3][4]
Etymology
The specific name, tarzan, is in honor of Tarzan, the fictional jungle dweller created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.[5]
References
- ↑ "Calumma tarzan GEHRING, PABIJAN, RATSOAVINA, KÖHLER, VENCES & GLAW, 2010". Reptile Database. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ "Calumma tarzan". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ "Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest, Near Tarzanville". National Geographic. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ↑ "Calumma tarzan". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calumma tarzan, pp. 260-261).
Further reading
- Gehring P-S, Pabijan M, Ratsoavina FM, Köhler J, Vences M, Glaw F. 2010. A Tarzan yell for conservation: a new chameleon, Calumma tarzan sp. n., proposed as a flagship species for the creation of new nature reserves in Madagascar. Salamandra 46 (3): 167-179.
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