{"id":941,"date":"2014-09-05T20:59:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madcham.com\/wordpress\/?p=941"},"modified":"2025-11-15T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:07:36","slug":"furcifer-viridis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/furcifer-viridis\/","title":{"rendered":"Furcifer viridis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n2011-17 each 2000 specimens under old species name Furcifer lateralis<\/em> for legal export, in 2018-25 under the up to date species name 500 specimens for legal export\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n

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

Florio, Ingram, Rakotondravony, Louis & Raxworthy, 2012 \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

The biologists Antonia M. Florio, Colleen M. Ingram from the Natural History Museum in New York (USA), Hery A. Rakotondravony from the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar) and Edward E. Louis from the Species Protection and Research Centre of the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha (USA) named this species simply after its appearance. The Latin word viridis<\/em> means green and thus describes the main color of the males.<\/p>\n

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Distribution:<\/h4>\n

Furcifer viridis<\/em> has a large distribution area. It settles all over northwest Madagascar, from the central highlands and Maevatanana to Ambanja and along the coast down to Morondava in southwest Madagascar. We have not yet found any animals of this species south of Morondava. The habitat varies from humid-warm secondary vegetation to the borders of savannah-like, dry and hot areas. In the central highlands, the distribution area overlaps with Furcifer lateralis<\/em>, and in the southwest with Furcifer major<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Appearance and size:<\/h4>\n
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The axillary pit in a female from Ankaramibe<\/p><\/div>\n

With a total length of 25 to 28 cm in males and 15 to 19 cm in females, these chameleons count among the mid-sized species. Females are mostly pink with green, ring-shaped accents and white and violet dots, while males are bright green with a white lateral stripe and a white belly (or green with white bands). During mating season in spring, we have seen impressively large-sized hemipenes pockets in males which we have not seen in many other species yet. The parietal crest of both species has 14 to 18 spines, they have a developed helmet and the snout is more pointed than in Furcifer major<\/em> and lateralis<\/em>. Furcifer viridis<\/em> has obvious axillary pits, which differentiates them clearly from Furcifer major<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Good to know:<\/h4>\n

Until 2012, Furcifer viridis<\/em> was counted among Furcifer lateralis<\/em>, but is now seen as its own species.<\/p>\n

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