Since our website now contains around 200 individual articles, this guide was created to provide an overview. This page explains what can be found where and which topics are sorted where and in which order. On the left of the table is the section that can be found at the top (on smartphones on the left) in the menu bar, on the right is the associated content.
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Chameleons | General information about chameleons in Madagascar for example anatomy, tongue shot, certain behaviors such as escape and defense behavior or tongue test, color change, predators, prey, taxonomy, photography |
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Species & habitat data | ||
Brookesia species | Species pages for Malagasy earth chameleons of the genus Brookesia Sorted alphabetically Description and photos of the species, species name information, distribution map, photos and 360° images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat 21 of 31 known Brookesia species are already listed. |
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Calumma species | Species pages for Malagasy chameleons of the genus Calumma Sorted alphabetically Description and photos of the species, species name information, distribution map, photos and 360° images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat 29 of currently 42 known Calumma species are already listed. |
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Color variations of Calumma p. parsonii |
Color Variant Pages of Parson’s Chameleon in Madagascar Description and photos of color variation, distribution map, photos and 360° images of habitat, air and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat Currently, we know of 4 different color variants. |
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Furcifer species | Species pages for Malagasy chameleons of the genus Furcifer Sorted alphabetically Description and photos of the species, species name information, distribution map, photos and 360° images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat 20 of currently 22 known Malagasy Furcifer species are already listed. |
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Local forms of Furcifer pardalis |
Local form pages for all local forms of Madagascar panther chameleons we have found so far Sorted alphabetically Local form description and photos, local form pronunciation, range map, habitat photos, 360° images, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat. Currently, we know of 37 different local forms. |
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Palleon species | Species pages for Malagasy earth chameleons of the genus Palleon Description and photos of the species, information on the species name, distribution map, photos and 360° images of the habitat, air and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from the respective habitat. 1 of currently 2 known Palleon species is already listed. |
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Madagascar | ||
Info about Madagascar | Information about the country Madagascar, climate zones, landscapes and people | |
Expedition blog | Our travel vlog with countless videos of our expeditions to Madagascar | |
Planned expeditions | Overview of the Madagascar expeditions we are planning in the future | |
Field guides for Madagascar | An aid project to improve reptile knowledge in Madagascar | |
Colouring books for Madagascar | Our second aid project, directed primarily at Malagasy children | |
Captivity | All information on keeping Malagasy chameleons in the terrarium | |
The cage & the animal | Information on buying chameleons, transport, costs, terrarium material and – construction as well as planting and substrate, lighting of the terrarium, water supply, UV-B radiation, terrarium back walls, hibernation, outdoor enclosures, quarantine, cleaning and disinfection of terrariums, laws and regulation on keeping chameleons in Europe | |
Cage building | Building instructions for terrariums and outdoor enclosures | |
Food & supplements | Information on feeding and calcium and vitamin supply of chameleons | |
Breeding | Incubation data of various Malagasy chameleon species, information on mating and breeding including gravidity, rearing of young, and process of incubation and hatching | |
Diseases | Information about visiting the vet with chameleons and common diseases in captivity | |
About us | A few words and a video about ourselves and our ideas, our publications, and lectures | |
Language | This is where you can switch between German, English, and French. |