A tarzan yell for conservation: A new chameleon, Calumma tarzan sp. n., proposed as a flagship species for the creation of new nature reserves in Madagascar

Salamandra

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 167-179

  Gehring, Philip Sebastian ^a   Pabijan, Maciej ^a,f   Ratsoavina, Fanomezana M ^a,d,e   Köhler, Jörn ^b   Vences, Miguel ^a   Glaw, Frank ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt ^*  (Germany)

^c ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^e Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo   (United States)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calumma tarzan; Chamaeleonidae; Forest fragments; Madagascar; New species; Squamata

Indexed keywords

CALUMMA; CALUMMA FURCIFER; CHAMAELEONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77956036825     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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