{"id":935,"date":"2014-09-05T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=935"},"modified":"2025-07-13T20:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:48:51","slug":"furcifer-verrucosus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/furcifer-verrucosus\/","title":{"rendered":"Furcifer verrucosus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First description:\"IUCN<\/a><\/h4>\n

(Cuvier, 1829)<\/p>\n

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

The French zoologist and palaeontologist Georges L\u00e9opold Chr\u00e9tien Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Dagobert Baron Cuvier founded the largest anatomical collection in Europe at the University of Paris (France). He named Furcifer verrucosus<\/em> after the Latin verruca<\/em>, which means warts. He used it to refer to the enlarged, “wart-like” scales on the body of animals.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Furcifer verrucosus <\/em>lives in the dry, hot areas of south and west Madagascar. These chameleons can get along with relatively destroyed landscape and are often found in secondary vegetation but prefer spiny forests wherever possible.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n

They belong to Madagascar’s largest chameleons. Males of this species become up to 57 cm long, while females stay much smaller with total lengths of maximally 21 cm. Males have a high casque, females a little lower casque. Both genders have a gular crest, the males have a complete dorsal crest. In females, the dorsal crest is only visible in the anterior part of the body. Females wear simple brown colors with a lighter belly, sometimes also pretty red accents. Male Furcifer verrucosus<\/em> are mostly grey-brown colored but may change to bright turquoise or grass green when with a white, interrupted lateral stripe when stressed. Due to many enlarged scales on the body, this chameleon is also known as “warty chameleon”.<\/p>\n