Iaraka River leaf chameleon
Iaraka River leaf chameleon | |
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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 2 "Brookesia vadoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011. 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ↑ 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).
External links
- Species Brookesia vadoni at The Reptile Database
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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