{"id":1176,"date":"2014-09-11T16:51:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:35:36","slug":"brookesia-antakarana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/brookesia-antakarana\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookesia antakarana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

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

Christopher J. Raxworthy from the American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA), and Ronald A. Nussbaum from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA), named the species after the Malagasy tribe <\/a>of Antakarana<\/a>, which live in the distribution region of the chameleon.<\/p>\n

Distribution:<\/h4>\n

As the name already suggests, these chameleons exist only in northwest Madagascar, where the Antankarana tribe lives, to be more precise in Amber mountain national park. In this mountain rainforest, they climb on branches until heights of one and a half meters, especially to sleep in the night (and it’s not easy to wake them up). During the day, they can be mostly found on the ground between moss and foliage. Along with the national park’s circuits, there are some places where you can find many, many individuals of this species on a few meters.
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Appearance & size:<\/h4>\n

Brookesia antakarana<\/em> grows up to maximally 7 to 10 cm from the nose to the tip of the tail. They have no dorsal ridge. Brookesia antakarana<\/em> has an extraordinary almost square-shaped pelvic shield<\/a>, only a few specimens have a smaller, few developed pelvic shield. Along the back, they have a row of 11 to 13 latero-vertebral spines<\/a> on each side that may or may not continue on the tail. Colour varies from beige to dark brown.<\/p>\n