{"id":911,"date":"2014-09-05T20:36:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=911"},"modified":"2025-07-13T20:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:47:29","slug":"furcifer-oustaleti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/furcifer-oustaleti\/","title":{"rendered":"Furcifer oustaleti"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n2011-25 each 2000 specimens for legal export\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n

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

(Mocquard, 1894) \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The zoologist Fran\u00e7ois Mocquard of the Natural History Museum in Paris (France) received chameleons in the 1890s from M. Catat, the entomologist Charles Alluaud and Belly. He probably dedicated the new species to his colleague, the ornithologist Jean-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric \u00c9mile Oustalet.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Furcifer oustaleti<\/em> can be found almost all over Madagascar and is probably the most common chameleon of Madagascar. There are no preferred habitats, this species is enormously adaptable. We find individuals each year in the middle of dry forest, along the edges of national roads, in gardens of human settlements as well as close to rainforests or plantations. They seem to be able to get along with various living conditions and survive well in secondary vegetation. We have even seen Furcifer oustaleti<\/em> individuals climbing on walls right in the middle of the inner city of Antananarivo and Antsirabe.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n

Furcifer oustaleti<\/em> is among the largest chameleons of Madagascar, thus it is also called “Malagasy giant chameleon”. Total length in males reaches almost 70 cm, and females grow up to approximately 40 cm. The largest individuals we have seen – with really impressive sizes – live in southern and western Madagascar (Isalo and Zombitse-Vohibasia national park as well as Mahajanga). Males are mainly greyish or beige, at younger ages green colored and have a high, round casque. Females are variously colored and have a less developed casque. In this species, the females are more beautiful with red, green and yellow patterns as well as sometimes blue eyelids. Both genders lack parietal, lateral, gular and ventral crests.<\/p>\n

Although we see numerous Furcifer oustaleti<\/em> each year everywhere in Madagascar, we could never see differences in appearance that were linked to certain regions. Only in terms of color, you may observe that males in western Madagascar often have red-colored feet and an orange-colored belly. Additionally, specimens from the region around Ankaramibe often have a pinkish-red color similar to Furcifer pardalis<\/em> and Furcifer viridis<\/em> of the same area.<\/p>\n