Iaraka River leaf chameleon

Iaraka River leaf chameleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Chamaeleonidae
Genus:Brookesia
Species: B. vadoni
Binomial name
Brookesia vadoni

The Iaraka River leaf chameleon (Brookesia vadoni ), also commonly known as the mossy pygmy leaf chameleon, is a species of chameleons, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae.

Etymology

The specific name, vadoni, is in honor of French naturalist Jean Pierre Léopold Vadon (1904–1970).[2]

Geographic range

B. vadoni is endemic to Madagascar.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brookesia vadoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011. 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Brookesia vadoni, p. 271).

Further reading

  • Brygoo ER, Domergue CA (1968). "Description d'un nouveau Brookesia de Madagascar B. vadoni n. sp. (Chaméléonidés) ". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 40 (4): 677-682. (Brookesia vadoni, new species). (in French).
  • Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449013. (Brookesia vadoni, p. 240).
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