{"id":11058,"date":"2021-07-17T13:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T11:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/?p=11058"},"modified":"2025-11-08T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:50:04","slug":"wegweiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wegweiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathfinder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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Category<\/td>\nSubcategory<\/td>\nContent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chameleons<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nGeneral information about chameleons in Madagascar<\/strong>
\nfor example anatomy<\/a>, tongue<\/a> shot<\/a>, certain behaviors such as escape<\/a> and<\/a> defense<\/a> behavior<\/a> or tongue<\/a> test<\/a>, color<\/a> change<\/a>, predators<\/a>, prey<\/a>, taxonomy<\/a>, photography<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Species<\/a> &<\/a> habitat<\/a> data<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBrookesia<\/em><\/a> species<\/a><\/td>\nSpecies pages for Malagasy earth chameleons of the genus Brookesia<\/em><\/strong>
\nSorted alphabetically
\nDescription and photos of the species, species name information, distribution map, photos and 360\u00b0 images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat
\n22 of 32 known Brookesia<\/em> species are already listed.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCalumma<\/em><\/a> species<\/a><\/td>\nSpecies pages for Malagasy chameleons of the genus Calumma<\/em><\/strong>
\nSorted alphabetically
\nDescription and photos of the species, species name information, distribution map, photos and 360\u00b0 images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat
\n32 of currently 44 known Calumma<\/em> species are already listed.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nColor variations of
\nCalumma p. parsonii<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n		Color Variant Pages of Parson’s Chameleon in Madagascar<\/strong>
\nDescription and photos of color variation, distribution map, photos and 360\u00b0 images of habitat, air and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat
\nCurrently, we know of 4 different color variants.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFurcifer<\/em><\/a> species<\/a><\/td>\nSpecies pages for Malagasy chameleons of the genus Furcifer<\/em><\/strong>
\nSorted alphabetically
\nDescription and photos of the species, species name information, distribution map, photos and 360\u00b0 images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat
\n20 of currently 22 known Malagasy Furcifer<\/em> species are already listed.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nLocal forms of
\nFurcifer pardalis<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n		Local form pages for all local forms of Madagascar panther chameleons we have found so far<\/strong>
\nSorted alphabetically
\nLocal form description and photos, local form pronunciation, range map, habitat photos, 360\u00b0 images, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat.
\nCurrently, we know of 37 different local forms.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPalleon<\/em> species<\/a><\/td>\nSpecies pages for Malagasy earth chameleons of the genus Palleon<\/em><\/strong>
\nDescription and photos of the species, information on the species name, distribution map, photos and 360\u00b0 images of the habitat, air and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from the respective habitat.
\n2 of currently 2 known Palleon<\/em> species is already listed.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madagascar<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nInfo about Madagascar<\/a><\/td>\nInformation about the country Madagascar, climate zones, landscapes and people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nExpedition blog<\/a><\/td>\nOur travel vlog with countless videos of our expeditions to Madagascar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPlanned expeditions<\/a><\/td>\nOverview of the Madagascar expeditions we are planning in the future<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nField guides for Madagascar<\/a><\/td>\nAn aid project to improve reptile knowledge in Madagascar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nColouring books for Madagascar<\/a><\/td>\nOur second aid project, directed primarily at Malagasy children<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Captivity<\/td>\n<\/td>\nAll information on keeping Malagasy chameleons in the terrarium<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe cage & the animal<\/a><\/td>\nInformation on buying chameleons<\/a>, transport<\/a>, costs,\u00a0 terrarium material<\/a> and – construction<\/a> as well as planting<\/a> and substrate<\/a>, lighting <\/a>of the terrarium<\/a>, water supply<\/a>, UV-B radiation<\/a>, terrarium back walls<\/a>, hibernation<\/a>, outdoor enclosures<\/a>, quarantine<\/a>, cleaning<\/a>\u00a0and<\/a> disinfection<\/a> of terrariums, laws<\/a> and <\/a>regulation<\/a> on keeping chameleons in Europe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCage building<\/a><\/td>\nBuilding instructions for terrariums and outdoor enclosures<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFood & supplements<\/a><\/td>\nInformation on feeding and calcium and vitamin supply of chameleons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBreeding<\/a><\/td>\nIncubation data<\/a> of various Malagasy chameleon species, information on mating<\/a> and breeding including gravidity<\/a>, rearing of<\/a> young<\/a>, and process of incubation<\/a> and hatching<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDiseases<\/a><\/td>\nInformation about visiting the vet with chameleons and common diseases in captivity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About us<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\nA few words and a video<\/a> about ourselves and our ideas, our publications<\/a>, and lectures<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThis is where you can switch between German<\/a>, English,<\/a> and French<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.   Category Subcategory Content 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 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\u00b0 images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat 22 of 32 known Brookesia species are already listed. 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\u00b0 images of the habitat, air, and soil temperatures, and UV-B data from each habitat 32 of currently 44…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2326,2324,2331,2330,2328,2322,2323,2320,2319,2317,2329,2325,2321,2327,2318],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11058"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15260,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11058\/revisions\/15260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}