{"id":1581,"date":"2014-09-14T13:09:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T11:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madcham.com\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:52:07","slug":"calumma-marojezense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/calumma-marojezense\/","title":{"rendered":"Calumma marojezense"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

(Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970)<\/p>\n

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

The zoologists \u00c9douard-Raoul Brygoo, Charles Pierre Blanc and Charles Antoine Domergue of the Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo, Madagascar, named the species after its place of origin Marojejy. Originally they thought it was a subspecies called Calumma gastrotaenia marojezense<\/em>. When the chameleons were raised to own species in 1997 by Wolfgang B\u00f6hme, head of the herpetology department of the Museum Alexander K\u00f6nig in Bonn (Germany), the name marojezense<\/em> was simply kept.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Calumma marojezense<\/em> settles the mountain cloud forests of Marojejy at elevations of 750 to 1300 meters. The habitat is dense rainforest, but they also move through bamboo groves and occasionally through the undergrowth. The preferred habitat is medium to high, rather slender trees with narrow branches. With a little luck, you can still find them in Marojejy near Camp Marojejya (Camp 2) and a little below. Only in this low area, the species occurs sympatric with Calumma guillaumeti<\/em>. Further down only Calumma marojezense<\/em> has been found, further up only Calumma guillaumeti<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n

Calumma marojezense<\/em> belongs to gastrotaenia<\/em> group. With a total length of maximally 14 cm, it is one of the smaller chameleons. Both sexes do not bear a dorsal crest, which distinguishes them well from Calumma guillaumeti<\/em>. The coloration is light to dark green and is adorned by wavy dark longitudinal striae. Two narrow, parallel, white lines run along the belly. Males of Calumma marojezense<\/em> sometimes have a narrow white lateral stripe, sometimes none at all. Some males of the species have great yellow color accents on the body.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/h4>\n

We were somewhat puzzled to hear this species being listed on CITES export quotas. This fact is very special because Calumma marojezense<\/em> exclusively occurs inside protected national parks and nowhere else. Catching animals there is highly illegal.<\/p>\n

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