{"id":918,"date":"2018-05-18T20:39:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=918"},"modified":"2025-07-13T20:48:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:48:22","slug":"furcifer-petteri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/furcifer-petteri\/","title":{"rendered":"Furcifer petteri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

(Brygoo & Domergue, 1966) \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

In 1966 the zoologists \u00c9douard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Antoine Domergue from the Natural History Museum in Paris (France) received several reptiles. They had been sent by Jean-Jacques Petter, who had just been on an expedition to the Amber Mountain in Madagascar. Among them were also undescribed chameleons, which the entomologist Jean-Marie Betsch had collected. Brygoo and Domergue dedicated the new species to their colleague Petter.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Furcifer petteri<\/em> belongs to bifidus<\/em> group and can mainly be found in northern Madagascar. Ankarana and Amber Mountain national park are typical habitats for this species, but they also occur around Antsiranana (Diego Suarez) in the residual forests close to the coast. We find this species each year in the shrubs along the street leading to Amber Mountain, mostly at heights of one to two meters. At night, you can discover these animals between the village Ambohitra (Joffreville) and the entry of the national park in hedges, sometimes they even climb in gardens. You rather won’t find this species deep in the rainforest.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n

These animals reach lengths of 15 to 17 cm. Both genders are green colored, the males have a thin white lateral stripe, white lips and a two parallel pointed nose appendages that point slightly upwards or to the front. The females of Furcifer petteri<\/em> have no nose appendage, but a bright red colored, flat casque, partially white lips and two spots on each side. Gravid or mating females change their color to bright lemon yellow and blue eyelids. Both genders have no dorsal or ventral crest, but a white midline on the belly. From similar-looking Furcifer timoni,<\/em> Furcifer petteri<\/em> is easy to distinguish by its color pattern.<\/p>\n

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