Calumma capuroni is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, capuroni is in honor of French botanist René Paul Raymond Capuron.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Calumma capuroni, p. 47).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. capuroni is forest at altitudes of .
Reproduction C. capuroni is oviparous.
References
Further reading Brygoo E-R, Blanc C, Domergue C (1972). "Notes sur les Chamaeleo de Madagascar. X. Deux nouveaux Caméléons des hauts sommets de Madagascar: C. capuroni n.sp. et C. gastrotaenia andringitraensis n.subsp." Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Série 3, 56 (42): 601–613. (Chameleo capuroni, new species, p. 601). (in French). Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Klaver CJ, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". Bonner Zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64. (Calumma capuroni, new combination).