Biology:Montagne d'Ambre leaf chameleon

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Short description: Species of reptile

Mount d'Ambre leaf chameleon
Montagne d'Ambre leaf chameleon (Brookesia tuberculata) male 2.jpg
Male
Montagne d'Ambre leaf chameleon (Brookesia tuberculata) female 2.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Brookesia
Species:
B. tuberculata
Binomial name
Brookesia tuberculata
Mocquard, 1900
Brookesia tuberculata distribution.png
male on adult male finger

The Montagne d'Ambre leaf chameleon (Brookesia tuberculata) is a diminutive chameleon from far northern Madagascar .[2]

Similar species

A 1999 paper in the Journal of Zoology disputed a 1995 paper which considered this species and B. peyrierasi to be the same species as B. minima. The later paper discussed the same details as the first – subtle morphological differences in the hemipenises of the respective species and determined they were not conspecific. They also found differences in the arrangement of head crests and in minute spines above the eyes.[3]

Bibliography

  • Klaver, C. & W. Boehme. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: i-xiv' 1 - 85. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, New York.
  • Martin, J., 1992. Masters of Disguise: A Natural History of Chameleons. Facts On File, Inc., New York, NY.
  • Necas, P. 1999. Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL.

References

  1. Andreone, F.Expression error: Unrecognized word "etal". (2011). "Brookesia tuberculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176299A7212794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T176299A7212794.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176299/7212794. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Glaw, Frank; Miguel Vences; Thomas Ziegler; Wolfgang Böhme; Jörn Köhler (1999). "Specific distinctness and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons Brookesia minima, B. peyrierasi and B. tuberculata (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae): evidence from hemipenial and external morphology". Journal of Zoology 247 (2): 225–238. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb00986.x. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=7CC3E9827877A2697A31C7449AECEAC5.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=41369. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2926153 entry