{"id":1195,"date":"2014-09-11T19:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T17:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:22:34","slug":"brookesia-decaryi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/brookesia-decaryi\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookesia decaryi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

Angel, 1939<\/p>\n

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

Fernand Angel described this chameleon species on the basis of prepared animals that were kept in the Natural History Museum of Paris (France). The chameleons had originally been collected by the colonial official Raymond Decary in Madagascar in 1938. Accordingly, Angel, who worked up Decary’s collected works in his function as an assistant taxidermist, named the species after the finder.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

This leaf chameleon lives mainly in the dry forests of the Ankarafantsika National Park in northwest Madagascar. An additional, rather unknown distribution area is located in a small dry forest near Mahajanga on the west coast. Between these two distribution areas, there is hardly any intact forest left, so it seems very likely that the populations never meet. Between foliage and bushes you have to search a bit to find the small chameleons – they hide perfectly and are really difficult to find during the day. So far we have found them from time to time around Lake Ravelobe in Ankarafantsika and in a private forest near Mahajanga.<\/p>\n

Appearance & size:<\/h4>\n

Among leaf chameleons, Brookesia decaryi<\/em> is one of the larger species with an 8 cm total length. Compared to the body, the tail is relatively small and begins behind a well developed pelvic shield. Along the back, there is one row of ten spiny scales on each side that are continued on half of the tail. Typically in male Brookesia decaryi<\/em>, when you look at the animals from above, you can see a “division” of the back into a front and a rear part, which is then followed by the pelvic shield. Around the cloaca, this species has enlarged scales. Most Brookesia decaryi<\/em> wear light beige colors on the upper body, while the belly, throat, eyes, and legs are dark-colored. Some have a dark line along the back.<\/p>\n