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| Chamaeleo
(Chamaeleo) calcaricarens |
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alternate scientific names |
described by |
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size |
brood |
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Chamaeleo
(Chamaeleo) calcaricarens
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Chamaeleo (africanus) calcaricarens
see a species list of Chamaeleo |
Boehme |
1985 |
Medium |
Eggs |
C. calcaricarens is a medium sized chameleon with a total length to 12 inches. It inhabits the lower levels and floor of savannahs and dry forests of Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti. Formerly considered a subspecies of C. africanus (q.v.), male C. calcaricarens lack the tarsal spurs seen in male C. africanus.
References
Klaver, C. & W. Boehme. 1997. Chamaeleonidae.
Das Tierreich, 112: i-xiv' 1 - 85. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, New York.
Necas, P. 1999. Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL.
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