{"id":520,"date":"2014-09-05T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T09:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=520"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:05:59","slug":"lokalform-sambava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/lokalform-sambava\/","title":{"rendered":"Local form Sambava"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Distribution of the local form Sambava:
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Sambava is located on Madagascar’s east coast in the Sava region in the Indian Ocean. The city has approximately 45.000 inhabitants and is famous as the “capital of vanilla”. Most people here subsist on working in the surrounding vanilla plantations or the related factories, few are fishers or have rice fields. Sambava has its own small airport, you can hardly reach this region by car. To the north, this distribution area of the local panther chameleons is limited by a large river called Bemarivo. The Lokoho river flows to the south, while various smaller rivers in the west divide the Sambava local form from the Marojejy local form.<\/p>\n

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

The males of this local form in the relaxed state of mind are green on the body with black-red, very dark banding. The top of the helmet and nose is green, the rest of the head including the eyelids is always bright red. The throat pouch, chest area, and parts of the tail may extend even more into orange in younger animals. If the males are excited, the green colors on the body partly change to orange up to bright yellow tones.<\/p>\n