{"id":11779,"date":"2022-05-23T12:18:36","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T10:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/?p=11779"},"modified":"2023-03-17T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:22:10","slug":"brookesia-desperata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/brookesia-desperata\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookesia desperata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

Glaw, K\u00f6hler, Townsend & Vences, 2012 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Frank Glaw from the Zoologische Staatssammlung Munich (Germany), J\u00f6rn K\u00f6hler from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (Germany), Ted Townsend from the University of San Diego (USA) and Miguel Vences from the Zoological Institute of the TU Braunschweig (Germany) described the species Brookesia desperata<\/em> at the same time as several other, similarly small Brookesia<\/em> species. Of these newly described species, the chances of survival were already lowest for Brookesia desperata<\/em> at the time of description, since the species lives in a forest that is only very poorly protected and massively threatened by slash-and-burn and deforestation. Accordingly, the Latin desperatus<\/em> was chosen as the species name, which means desperate.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

These tiny chameleons are found only in the For\u00eat d’Ambre or Amber Forest, a piece of forest north of the better known Amber Mountain National Park. If you drive to Amber Mountain, you will pass the Amber Forest at about 470 meters. The nearest village is Sakaramy. The Amber Forest has been officially protected as a special reserve since 1958, but in practice, this protection is not implemented. The edges of the Amber Forest are populated on the side of Joffreville (Ambohitra) and Sakaramy, so the forest suffers very much from deforestation and continues to shrink every year. Brookesia desperata<\/em>, however, surprisingly occurs not only in the southern remnant of the rainforest but also at the base of more giant mango trees and other secondary vegetation at the edges of the forest. Even in banana plantations, the species has been found.<\/p>\n

Appearance & size:<\/h4>\n
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Size comparison: A Brookesia desperata<\/em> on a human index finger<\/p><\/div>\n

These very small terrestrial chameleons grow up to four centimeters in length, making them slightly larger than the nearby species Brookesia<\/a> tuberculata<\/a><\/em>, Brookesia tristis, and Brookesia<\/a> confidens<\/a><\/em>. On the sides of the head, they bear three small tubercles. Along the dorsum of both sexes run 12 to 14 lateral tubercles, which continue on the tail. Instead of a pelvic shield, Brookesia desperata<\/em> bears a small pelvic spine. Females are somewhat broader and stockier than males, in which the relatively large hemipenis pouches are very visible. Colour-wise, Brookesia desperata<\/em> usually show a conspicuously lighter dorsal line that extends from the head to the tip of the tail.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/h4>\n

This chameleon belongs to the smallest amniotes worldwide, the so-called minima<\/em> group.<\/p>\n

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