U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Calumma furcifer
Source(s):
Source:
Reptile Database (2017)
Acquired:
2017-07-13
Notes:
Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Calumma furcifer
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Klaver, Charles J. J., and Wolfgang Böhme / Wermuth, Heinz, and Maximilian Fischer, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-01-01 / 1997-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Chamaeleonidae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Animal Kingdom: A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent Animal Groups, part 112
Page(s):
xvi + 85
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
3-11-015187-1/
Notes:
German title: Das Tierreich - Eine Zusammenstellung und Keizeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Teilband 112
Reference for:
Calumma furcifer
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Walbröl, Ulrike, and Hans Dieter Walbröl
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-09-01 / 2004-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Bemerkungen zur nomenklatur der gattung Calumma (Gray, 1865) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Sauria, vol. 26, no. 3
Page(s):
41-44
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0176-9391
Notes:
Reference for:
Calumma furcifer
Calumma furcifer: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Calumma furcifer: Comments
Comment:
The original name was Chamaeleo furcifer, and the authors also noted the species Chamaeleo bifurcatus, thereby indicating they they treated it as masculine. The species name ending in -fer may be treated as either a noun or an ajective, and per ICZN Art. 31.2.2 it must therefore be considered a noun in apposition, which should not be changed to match the gender of the current genus. Thus, Calumma furcifer is the correct name in this genus, not C. furciferum