Calumma tarzan

Calumma tarzan

Calumma tarzan — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Calumma
Species: Calumma tarzan

Name

Calumma tarzan Gehring, Pabijan, Ratsoavina, Köhler, Vences & Glaw, 2010: 169

• Holotype: ZSM 219/2010, adult ♂, collected by P.-S. Gehring, F. Glaw, J. Köhler, K. Mebert, E. Rajeriarison and F.M. Ratsoavina on 12 April 2010.
• Type locality: “in the forest fragment near Tarzanville (19°19’50.3’’ S, 48°13’22.5’’ E, 847 m above sea level), Moramanga Province, central eastern Madagascar”.

References

Primary references

• Gehring, P.-S., Pabijan, M., Ratsoavina, F.M., 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. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Rakotondrina, A.J.V. & Andriantsimanarilafy, R.R. 2025. IUCN: Calumma tarzan  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T193482A207710924. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T193482A207710924.en. Accessed on 17 December 2025.