{"id":829,"date":"2014-09-05T20:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=829"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:50:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T16:50:56","slug":"calumma-malthe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/calumma-malthe\/","title":{"rendered":"Calumma malthe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n2011-13 no specimens, 2014-22 each 500 specimens, 2023 only 250 specimens, 2024-25 again 500 specimens for legal export\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n

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

(G\u00fcnther, 1879) \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The German zoologist Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf G\u00fcnther, then Director of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum of London (Great Britain), named Calumma malthe<\/em> in 1879 in a very short description. How he came to the name malthe<\/em> is unfortunately unknown.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

This fascinating chameleon species inhabits the eastern rainforests and mountain cloud forests of Andasibe, Anjanaharibe-Sud, and Marojejy national park. The places we found them always had very dense vegetation and wide inside evergreen forests. We could not find any of these chameleons outside of very dense vegetation. During the daytime, this species is hardly visible. So if you like to find this species, try it at night.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n

This chameleon species is easy to identify by its large occipital lobes and the characteristic nose appendage in males. Coloration is mostly green-greyish with grass green parts on the flanks and the occipital lobes. Total length in males is 31 cm, and 28 cm in females. During mating season (January to April), females have occipital lobes surrounded by blue color and blue eyelids. The throat of both genders has one or two enlarged scales, the dorsal crest some spines of which each third or fourth is larger than the others.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/h4>\n

When stressed or in an aggressive mood, these chameleons spread off their occipital lobes so they look much larger and more impressive. Of course, they also hiss and throw by moving sidewards.<\/p>\n

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