{"id":476,"date":"2014-09-05T10:29:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=476"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T12:58:28","slug":"lokalform-maroantsetra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/lokalform-maroantsetra\/","title":{"rendered":"Local form Maroantsetra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Distribution of the local form Maroantsetra:
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Maroantsetra is a city in Analanjirofo region on Madagascar’s eastcoast. It is located at the northern end of Antongil bay and thus starting point of journeys to Masoala national park or to the island Nosy Mangabe. The city has a tiny airport, and some boats from Toamasina (Tamatave) go there (about 24 hours of driving time). As the market and trade center of the region, the city has grown to 25.000 inhabitants, and many huts gave way to saloon-like wooden and stone houses. Only one partially asphalted street leads from the airport to the city and ends there in a sandy path. Via overland route, Maroantsetra is hardly accessible, since the RN5 coming from Toamasina is mostly a non-drivable mud slope and many bridges and ferries have been destroyed.<\/p>\n

The local form of Maroansetra is separated from the Masoala peninsula to the east by the Antainambalana River. The river rises in the protected area of the Makira mountain massif northwest of Maroantsetra, which also forms a natural barrier. There are several rivers between Maroantsetra and Manananara in the south of Antongil Bay.<\/p>\n

Appearance of the local form:<\/h4>\n

The males here wear a deep red when excited, which tends to turn orange, especially in the belly area. Younger and more relaxed males are similar to the local forms Masoala and Mananara in that they are green with more or less strong orange tints on the head and belly.<\/p>\n

Weight table<\/h4>\n

\"Gewichtstabelle<\/p>\n

Gewicht = weight in grams, Kopf-Rumpf-L\u00e4nge = snout-vent-length in cm, Weibchen = females, M\u00e4nnchen = males<\/p>\n

Since 2015 we have been measuring the weights of chameleons we have found in Madagascar, as far as the animals (and our scales) are participating. So far there are only a few weights, in the long term an average weight in relation to the snout-vent-length It is important to know that all weights were measured towards the end of the rainy season (= best food supply), so they are probably maximum weights in Madagascar<\/strong>. Triangular symbols in females do not mean pregnant, round symbols mean pregnant. In the case of Furcifer pardalis<\/em>, contrary to our original assumption, there have been no serious differences in the ratio of SVL to the weight of the individual local forms.<\/p>\n

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