{"id":10728,"date":"2022-04-30T19:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T17:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/lokalform-nosy-mitsio-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:26:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:26:47","slug":"lokalform-vohimarina-vohemar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/lokalform-vohimarina-vohemar\/","title":{"rendered":"Local form Vohimarina (Voh\u00e9mar)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Distribution of the local form Vohimarina :<\/h4>\n
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Vohimarina, better known by its French name Voh\u00e9mar, is a city on the northeast coast of Madagascar. With a population of around 15,000, it is one of the larger cities in the Sava region. In colonial times, the town was called Iharana in Malagasy, but this name is now only used for the area surrounding the town. Voh\u00e9mar has an important harbor and an airport that has not been functioning for a long time. The city can only be reached by land from Ambilobe via the RN5a, which was renovated in 2022. Alternatively, you can fly to Sambava<\/a> on a very small plane and drive to Voh\u00e9mar from the south via the RN5a. The people here live mainly from fieldwork and fishing. Rice, cassava and peanuts are grown, and there are also very many zebus in the area.<\/p>\n

Panther chameleons are found here in open landscapes between fields and in bushy secondary vegetation. Primary rainforest or dry forest no longer exists near Vohimarina. Rice fields and wide, flat grasslands with bushes and low trees against a mountain backdrop characterize the plains between Voh\u00e9mar and Daraina. Herds of zebu are everywhere. Somewhat lusher vegetation is present along the rivers, with larger and older trees along narrow strips. South of the local form runs the Fanambana River, which is the boundary with the Sambava<\/a> local<\/a> form<\/a>. Panther chameleons of the Voh\u00e9mar local form are surprisingly found as far as Loky<\/a> Manambato<\/a> near Daraina. There, a good 50 km away, is also the next protected dry forest remnant. This is astonishing mainly because the Manambato<\/a> River actually separates the two areas. Nevertheless, the panther chameleons look the same in both regions and show hardly any variation.<\/p>\n

Appearance of the local form:<\/h4>\n

The males of Furcifer pardalis<\/em> here are light green with dark red banding. In contrast to the neighboring local<\/a> form<\/a> Sambava<\/a> the head of the males here is green, not red. Only the eyelids are colored red. The throat region may have red tints in some animals. The animals of the local form Voh\u00e9mar look extremely similar to the local<\/a> form<\/a> Ankarana<\/a> East<\/a> despite some distance.<\/p>\n

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