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    Species Accepted

    Furcifer minor (Günther, 1879)

    Lesser Chameleon

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Kleinchamäleon German
      Kleine tapijtkameleon Dutch
      Kleines Pantherchamäleon German
      Lesser Chameleon English
      Lille Madagascarkamæleon Danish
      Minor’s chameleon English
      Sakorkita Afovoantany Malagasy
      kameleon mały Polish
      Малый хамелеон Russian
      麥諾變色龍 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Glaw, F. (2015). Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue]. Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246.
      Glaw, F., & Vences, M. (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3).
      Günther, A. (1879). Description of four new species of Chamaeleon from Madagascar. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1879: 148-150.
      Edmonds, & Devin. (2024). Communal egg-laying in the Lesser Chameleon, Furcifer minor (Gunther, 1879), at Itremo Massif, Amoron’i Mania Region, Madagascar. Herpetology Notes 17: 579-581.
      CAMPBELL, P. D., & WOLFGANG DENZER. (2020). Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500.
      Nečas, P. (2012). Chamäleons der Gattung Furcifer. Reptilia (Münster) 17 (95): 20-27.
      Glaw, F. (2004). Die Herpetofauna Madagaskars: Vielfalt, Lebensweise und Gefährdung. Draco 5 (19): 4-21.
      Pianka, E. R., & Vitt, L. J. (2003). Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 Pp. [Review in Copeia 2004: 955].
      Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. (2010). Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur Und Tier Verlag, 328 Pp. [Review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013].
      Günther, A. (1879). Description of a new species of Chamaeleon from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 4: 246-247.

      Citation

      Furcifer minor (Günther, 1879) in undefined