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Calumma

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

Calumma is a genus of chameleons endemic and restricted to Madagascar. The species formerly named Calumma tigris was transferred to the genus Archaius by Townsend et al. when they found that it is more closely related to Rieppeleon than to Calumma.

The following 33 species are recognized as being valid as of January 2017:

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



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