{"id":104,"date":"2019-05-29T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=104"},"modified":"2025-02-09T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:12:05","slug":"furcifer-timoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/furcifer-timoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Furcifer timoni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

Glaw, K\u00f6hler & Vences 2009 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Origin of the species name:<\/h4>\n

The German herpetologist Frank Glaw dedicated this species to his son Timon. Frank Glaw works in the State Zoological Collection in Munich (Germany) and is responsible for a large number of new species descriptions of Madagascar’s reptiles and amphibians in recent decades.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

This beautiful chameleon species only occurs in the mountain rainforests of north and northeast Madagascar. Among the distribution areas are Marojejy and Amber Mountain national parks. Here you can find these animals at elevations of approximately 600 to 800 meters above sea level. They mostly live in very high trees, which makes a finding quite difficult. During the last years, we could regularly find this species in the northeastern part of Amber Mountain national park, but mostly females. Males seem to be more difficult to find, maybe because they do not climb down the trees to lay eggs. \ud83d\ude09 If males are “low” in the vegetation, one often finds them nevertheless still on four to five meters of height.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n

Males of Furcifer timoni<\/em> have two pointed nose appendages and are bright green colored. They have blue-white color accents around the eye area. Females are much more colorful, green to yellow with a striking stripe pattern when stressed. The latter can be light stripes on dark ground as well as dark stripes on a light ground. The helmet and the flanks of females have blue and violet spots, and the belly has red to orangeish color accents inside a white band.<\/p>\n