Visits to the vet
Generally, we need to say first: A sick chameleon ALWAYS needs a reptile vet. The fact that many chameleons die despite treatment is in most cases not due to wrong treatment or an “untreatable”...
Calumma krystalae
Fist description: Vences, Rothe, Glaw, Scherz, Gehring, Hawlitschek, Kuhn, Multzsch, Petzold, Preick, Rakotoarimalala, Raselimanana, Ratsoavina, Ruane, Vieites, Hofreiter & Dufresnes, 2026 Origin of the species name: The German herpetologist Miguel Vences named the...
Expedition Vlog Day 5: Masoala
Off we go into the rainforest again today. A striped anteater runs right in front of us – incidentally, these tiny creatures may look a bit like hedgehogs, but they aren’t even related to...
Expedition Vlog Day 4: Masoala
It’s still hot today, with temperatures above 35°C, and above all dry. Whilst the little neighbouring village is celebrating International Women’s Day – an important public holiday in Madagascar – we’re setting off on...
Expedition Vlog Day 2 & 3: Antananarivo – Maroantsetra – Masoala
At last, we’re off in a north-easterly direction! In Tana, we board a small plane that takes us to one of Madagascar’s smallest airports, in Maroantsetra. The town lies right on Antongil Bay, which...
Expedition Vlog Day 1: Antananarivo – Mandraka
Finally, we’re off again! This time, we won’t be meeting up on the domestic flight, but before – as soon as all expedition participants arrive in Antananarivo. Our expeditions usually start with a ‘buffer...
Expedition Blog Day 18 & 19: Montagne d’Ambre – Diego Suarez – Ramena
The last two days of our expedition have begun. We enjoy one last short walk in the rainforest of Montagne d’Ambre before setting off for Diego Suarez (Antsiranana). However, we only make a brief...
Expedition Blog Day 17: Montagne d’Ambre
Another day dawns in the middle of the incredible rainforest of Montagne d’Ambre. There are many other reptiles to discover in this chameleon paradise, including various leaf-tailed geckos of the genus Uroplatus. Today we...
Palleon lolontany
First description: (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995) Origin of the species name: Christopher J. Raxworthy from the American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA) and Ronald A. Nussbaum from the University of Michigan, Ann...
Chameleons on the Red List of threatened species
Many people are familiar with the ‘red list’ of threatened animal species. Many Malagasy chameleon species are part of it. On our website, we have included a reference to the endangered status of each...
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