Calumma guibei, also known commonly as Guibé's chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, guibei, is in honor of French herpetologist Jean Guibé.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael, Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Calumma guibei, p. 111).
Geographic range C. guibei is found in northern Madagascar. The type locality is Mt. Tsaratanana, elevation .
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of C. guibei is forest, at elevations of .
Description C. guibei has an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about . It has a soft dermal rostral appendage, which is longer in males than in females.
Reproduction C. guibei is oviparous.
References
Further reading Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Hillenius D (1959). "The differentiation within the genus Chameleo Laurenti, 1768". Beaufortia 8: 1–92. (Chamaeleo guibei, new species, p. 25). Klaver C, Böhme W (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". Bonner zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64. (Calumma guibei, new combination, p. 58). Nečas P (1999). Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 348 pp. (Europe), (USA, Canada). (Calumma guibei, p. 278).