Species

Calumma pinocchio

Calumma pinocchio · described by GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES 2025

Calumma amber, a close relative of Calumma pinocchio

Pictured: Calumma amber, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Fossil specimen.

Photo: Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Calumma pinocchio
First described
GLAW, AGNE, PRÖTZEL, GEHRING, KÖHLER, PREICK, RATSOAVINA, STRAUBE, WOLLENBERG-VALERO, CROTTINI & VENCES 2025
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Chamaeleonidae
Genus
Calumma

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree