Blue-legged chameleon (Calumma crypticum)

Male blue-legged chameleon on branch
Male blue-legged chameleon on branch
IUCN Red List species status – Least Concern LEAST
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  • The blue-legged chameleon is endemic to the humid forests of Madagascar.
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Blue-legged chameleon fact file

Blue-legged chameleon description

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyChamaeleonidae
GenusCalumma (1)

Information on the blue-legged chameleon is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

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Blue-legged chameleon status

This species has not yet been classified by the IUCN but is listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

IUCN Red List species status – Least Concern

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References

  1. Raxworthy, C.J. and Nussbaum, R.A. (2006) Six new species of occipital-lobed Calumma chameleons (Squamata : Chamaeleonidae) from Montane Regions of Madagascar, with a new description and revision of Calumma brevicorne. COPEIA, 4: 711-734.
  2. CITES (September, 2010)
    http://www.cites.org/

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Male blue-legged chameleon on branch  
Male blue-legged chameleon on branch

© Rhett A. Butler / wildmadagascar.org

Rhett Butler
http://wildmadagascar.org/

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