Hooded chameleon

Hooded chameleon

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Calumma
Species:
C. cucullatum
Binomial name
Calumma cucullatum
Gray, 1831

The hooded chameleon (Calumma cucullatum) is a Vulnerable species of chameleon endemic to north-east Madagascar; its geological type locality is Madagascar. It can be found in humid forests over an area of 17,432 km2 (6,731 sq mi) between 400 and 720 m (1,310 and 2,360 ft) above mean sea level.

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