{"id":8701,"date":"2020-03-27T17:48:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2025-07-13T20:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:38:08","slug":"calumma-boettgeri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/calumma-boettgeri\/","title":{"rendered":"Calumma boettgeri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

(Boulenger, 1888)<\/p>\n

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

The Belgian zoologist George Alber Boulenger, at that time working at the Natural History Museum in London (Great Britain), named this chameleon species in honor of the German paleontologist Oskar B\u00f6ttger. B\u00f6ttger worked mainly at the Senckenberg Museum in Francfort (Germany) and contributed significantly to the expansion of the museum’s herpetological research institute.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Calumma boettgeri<\/em> can be found on some islands in the northwest of Madagascar as well as the offshore mainland. It is found in the remaining rainforests of Manongarivo and in the Lokobe National Park on the island of Nosy Be. On the island of Nosy Ambariovato, better known under its nickname Nosy Komba (“Island of the Lemurs”), Calumma boettgeri<\/em> also lives in very dense secondary vegetation on the edge of original rainforest remains. It can be assumed that Calumma boettgeri<\/em> could also be found on other islands in the area as well as in the few forest remnants along the river Sambirano or even further south in Sahamalaza. Outside closed forests, we have not yet been able to find this species.<\/p>\n

Look and size:<\/h4>\n
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Size comparison of an adult Calumma boettgeri<\/em> on a human hand<\/p><\/div>\n

This chameleon species belongs to the small chameleons with a total length of about 8 to 10 cm. Typical for Calumma boettgeri<\/em> are the occipital lobes, which are divided into two sides only by a slight indentation when viewed from above. In addition, both sexes have a roundish-oval, soft rostral appendage. The casque is flat or only weakly pronounced. Both sexes carry neither a parietal nor gular or ventral crest. In terms of color, these small chameleons are rather unimpressive. The males are yellow or green-brown, the females are beige to slightly orange with green or light blue scales on the arms and legs. In the head and belly area, the animals can appear almost white. On the head, Calumma boettgeri<\/em> shows under stress a bright pattern similar to the one in Calumma juliae<\/em><\/a>. Many animals wear a dark line that extends from the nose to the eyelids and the occipital lobes.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/h4>\n

For many years, several independent species were classified as Calumma boettgeri<\/em> until their description, for example, Calumma linotum<\/em><\/a> from the Amber Mountain. This so-called boettgeri<\/em> clade includes small chameleons on Madagascar, which all show occipital lobes. Due to the unclear situation over decades, there are still countless photos on the net, on which animals are listed as Calumma boettgeri<\/em>, which do not belong to this species at all according to the current state of knowledge.
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