{"id":1237,"date":"2014-09-11T20:33:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T18:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:43:03","slug":"brookesia-tuberculata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/brookesia-tuberculata\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookesia tuberculata"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

Mocquard, 1894 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The zoologist Fran\u00e7ois Mocquard of the Natural History Museum in Paris (France) borrowed the species name from the Latin tubercula<\/em>, which means “many bumps”. In his description of the species, he considered the small tubercules that this leaf chameleon carries to be species-specific in number and appearance. Mocquard, like some of his colleagues, never visited Madagascar himself but described the species based on prepared chameleons that had been collected from many countries in the Natural History Museum.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

These tiny chameleons solely occur in Amber Mountain national park in north Madagascar. Like all leaf chameleons, they live in the foliage, preferably at the foot of huge trees in the rainforest. Elevations are always above 1000 m there. We have been always able to find them not far from the camping ground. Of course, you need some patience to find them. At the end of the rainy season, they often sit on thin branchlets less than 10 cm above the ground. Most habitats we’ve found were the mossy roots of large, old trees.<\/p>\n

Appearance & size:<\/h4>\n
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This male pretends to be dead<\/p><\/div>\n

These chameleons reach a total length of 25.2 to 34.8 mm, with females being slightly larger than males. The cobby body sits on relatively thick small legs, the body sides wear some indistinct small tubercles. Males have a distinct supraocular cone, which the females lack. Moreover, females are often easy to recognize by their corpulence. Concerning coloration, most Brookesia tuberculata<\/em> are beige, some blend into brown.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/h4>\n

These chameleons belong to the smallest amniotes worldwide, the so-called minima<\/em> clade.<\/p>\n

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