Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Chamaeleonidae > Furcifer

Furcifer rhinoceratus(Gray, 1845)

From CAS Herpetology (HERP)

Continent	Africa
Country	Madagascar
State/Province	Mahajanga Prov.
Locality	Ankarafantsika Forest, Near Morovoay
Latitude	-16.2017
Longitude	46.92142

Institution Code	Cas
Collection Code	Herp
Catalog Number	86708
Collected By	E.s. Ross
Date Collected	1959-12-01

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The electronic catalog of the herpetology collection at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.

Contacts

Name	Lauren Scheinberg
Role	Collections Manager, Herpetology
Email	lscheinberg@calacademy.org

Name	Jon Fong
Role	Programmer
Email	jfong@calacademy.org

Name	Lauren Scheinberg
Role	Collections Manager, Herpetology
Email	lscheinberg@calacademy.org

Citation

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