Furcifer timoni
First description: Glaw, Köhler & Vences 2009 Origin of the species name: The German herpetologist Frank Glaw dedicated this species to his son Timon. Frank Glaw works in the State Zoological Collection in Munich...
Plant pests
Almost everyone in the terrarium will sooner or later become acquainted with them: Small pests on plants that let their hosts die slowly and leave unsightly, greasy traces or webs in the terrarium. Many...
Local form Nosy Hara
Distribution of the local form Nosy Hara: Nosy Hara is an island in front of a bay not far from Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) in the north of Madagascar. The island is about 3.2 km²...
Brookesia ebenaui
First description: (Boettger, 1880) Origin of the species name: The palaeontologist Oskar Böttger, then curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Francfort (Germany) wrote the original description in 1880 – still in Latin, by the...
Local form Nosy Tanikely
Distribution of the local form Nosy Tanikely: Nosy Tanikely is a tiny paradisiacal island of 3.41 km², which is well reflected in its name. The Malagasy Nosy Tanikely means “island of little earth” or...
Brookesia tedi
First description: Scherz, Köhler, Rakotoarison, Glaw and Vences, 2019 Origin of the species name: Mark D. Scherz and Frank Glaw from the State Zoological Collection Munich (Germany), Jörn Köhler from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt...
Calumma parsonii cristifer
First description: (Methuen & Hewitt, 1913) Origin of the species name: The English zoologist Paul Ayshford Methuen, 4th Baron Methuen, and the South African zoologist John Hewitt gave this subspecies of the Parsons Chameleon...
Calumma brevicorne
First description: (Günther, 1879) Origin of the species name: The German zoologist Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, then director of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of London (Great Britain), borrowed the...
Furcifer petteri
First description: (Brygoo & Domergue, 1966) Origin of the species name: In 1966 the zoologists Édouard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Antoine Domergue from the Natural History Museum in Paris (France) received several reptiles. They had...
Calumma oshaughnessyi
First description: (Günther, 1881) Origin of the species name: The German zoologist Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, then Director of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of London (Great Britain), gave only...
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