{"id":8490,"date":"2020-02-06T21:02:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T20:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/?p=8490"},"modified":"2025-02-15T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T13:10:44","slug":"calumma-emelinae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/calumma-emelinae\/","title":{"rendered":"Calumma emelinae"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:<\/h4>\n

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Pr\u00f6tzel, Scherz, Ratsoavina, Vences & Glaw, 2020 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

David Pr\u00f6tzel, Mark D. Scherz and Frank Glaw from the State Zoological Collection Munich (Germany), Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina from the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar) as well as Miguel Vences from the Zoological Institute of the TU Braunschweig (Germany) named the species at the request of the Indonesian Wewin Tjiasmanto after its mother, Emelina Widjojo. Tjiasmanto had taken on the sponsorship of a chameleon species through the BIOPAT<\/a> project. The respective sponsor pays from 2600 \u20ac upwards for a sponsorship. The money is used exclusively to support scientific research projects. In return, the sponsor is allowed to give a newly discovered plant or animal species of a name of his or her choice.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Calumma emelinae<\/em> is known from various remnants of rainforest on the east coast of Madagascar, which are more than 750 m above sea level. The previous sites are located between Anosibe an’Ala in the central-east and Lake Alaotra, one of the most important rice-growing areas. So far we have always found the species in a small forest near Moramanga and very frequently in Andasibe and Vohimana. In fact, after reviewing our photos of the last years, Calumma emelinae<\/em> occurs in the most famous national park of Madagascar, Andasibe-Mantadia, by far more often than Calumma nasutum<\/em><\/a>, which was confused with this species for a long time until now.\u00a0Another population of Calumma emelinae<\/em> lives in the region of the Makira Plateau in northern Madagascar. Since it is largely inaccessible to travelers, there are hardly any photographs of it so far.<\/p>\n

Look and size:<\/h4>\n
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Juvenile of Calumma emelinae<\/em> on a finger<\/p><\/div>\n

Calumma emelinae<\/em> does not grow very large. With only 8.3 to 10.3 cm from nose to tail tip, this species is already fully grown. Both sexes have a round nose appendage, which is smaller in females than in males. The rostral scale directly under the nose is not integrated into the rostral appendage itself in Calumma emelinae<\/em>. In males, the casque is very low (only 0.5-1.1 mm), and the dorsal crest varies in the number of spines. The females do not wear a dorsal crest. The males of Calumma emelinae<\/em> are prettier in color than the females: The females are grey-white with light green spots, which makes especially arms, legs and head look very green. The rostral appendage of females may have some light blue scales.<\/p>\n

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