{"id":4193,"date":"2017-07-03T20:37:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madcham.de\/?p=4193"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:07:19","slug":"brookesia-brygooi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/brookesia-brygooi\/","title":{"rendered":"Brookesia brygooi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/strong>2011-13 no specimens,
\n2014-16 each 500 specimens,
\n2017 for the first time 1000 specimens,
\n2018-2025 again 500 specimens for legal export\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n

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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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 French biologist \u00c9douard-Raoul Brygoo from the Natural History Museum in Paris (France). Brygoo used to work for 18 years at the Institut Pasteur in Antananarivo, Madagascar. During this time, he described numerous chameleons of the island. In 1978, he was also the first to note the discovery of an animal that Raxworthy and Nussbaum later attributed to the species Brookesia brygooi<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Distribution:<\/h4>\n
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This species occurs in western Madagascar, from Ankarafantsika to the south with Isalo, Sakaraha, and Zombitse-Vohibasia. The best place to find them – for us – has been the dry forest of Kirindy. The area is extremely warm and most time of the year very dry. The rainy season may be limited to three months only. We have not found Brookesia brygooi<\/em> walking or sitting higher than 50 cm above the ground yet. During the daytime, they seem to walk around the leaf litter exclusively. Juveniles even sleep very low above the ground, usually in 10 cm height on small blades of grass.
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Appearance & size:<\/h4>\n

Brookesia brygooi<\/em> belongs to the leaf chameleons. Both genders reach sizes of approximately 8 cm from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail. They do not wear a dorsal crest, but 10 latero-vertebral spines that do not continue on the tail. They have no spines on the chin. The pelvic shield is well developed and has a typical shape that is slightly bowed in direction of the tail. There is a prominent supranasal cone between eyes and nose.<\/p>\n