Brookesia griveaudi
First description: Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974 Origin of the species name: Édouard-Raoul Brygoo (later working at the Natural History Museum in Paris, France), Charles Pierre Blanc and Charles Antoine Domergue from the then...
Defense and escape behavior of tree dwelling chameleons
Among the tree-dwelling chameleons on Madagascar are the genera Furcifer and Calumma. Among them are both the largest and the most colorful species. They have a whole range of threatening behavior which they can...
Calumma crypticum
First description: Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 2006 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...
Brookesia peyrierasi
First description: Brygoo & Domergue, 1975 Origin of the species name: Édouard-Raoul Brygoo (later working at the Natural History Museum in Paris, France) and Charles Antoine Domergue of the then Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo,...
Furcifer angeli
First description: (Brygoo & Domergue, 1968) Origin of the species name: The two zoologists Édouard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Antoine Domergue of the Natural History Museum in Paris (France) named the species in honour of...
Furcifer belalandaensis
First description: (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970) Origin of the species name: The zoologists Édouard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Antoine Domergue worked at the Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and simply named the species after the...
Brookesia brunoi
First description: Crottini, Miralles, Glaw, Harris, Lima & Vences, 2012 Origin of the species name: Angelica Crottini from the University of Porto (Portugal) named this chameleon after her partner Bruno Grassi. In addition, the...
Palleon nasus
First description: (Boulenger, 1887) Origin of the species name: The Belgian zoologist George Alber Boulenger, at that time working at the Natural History Museum in London (Great Britain), named this chameleon species after its...
Color variation “green giant”
Distribution: Masoala National Park is located on the peninsula of the same name in north-eastern Madagascar. At the northern end of Antongil Bay, also known as the “Cradle of Whales”, lies the small coastal...
Color variation “orange eye”
Distribution: Parson’s chameleons of the color variation “orange eye” occur in several areas of Madagascar’s east coast in a region between 50 km south of Toamasina (Tamatave) and Mananara. We want to introduce you...
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