Calumma hilleniusi
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Calumma hilleniusi is a smaller chameleon that onlyoccursin Madagascar . Females and males are roughly the same size with a total length of around 22 centimeters. The species was only discovered in 1973 by the research team Édouard R. Brygoo , Charles P. Blanc and Charles Domergue .
habitat
The chameleon species has specialized in terms of habitat. It lives specifically only on the wooded slopes of the Tsiafajavona Mountain in the Ankaratra massif in the heart of Madagascar . There they live at an altitude between 1800 and 2000 meters above sea level in smaller groups of trees along mountain streams and in the mountain forest, preferably on pines.
features
The chameleons have relatively small occipital lobes. The helmet is flattened and rises towards the rear, the scales are coarse and irregular. As a camouflage color, the species has dark gray, brown, beige and green colors.
Courtship, mating and oviposition
The courtship takes place every day for animals living in captivity. The male's helmet turns red and blue, the rest of the body is a mixture of green and yellow. If copulation is successful , after 40 days 6 to 8 eggs are deposited in a burrow dug by the female or under stones. The young hatch after about 90 days.
literature
- Frank Glaw , Miguel Vences : Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. 3. Edition. Vences & Glaw, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-929449-03-7 .
- Friedrich Wilhelm Henkel, Sebastian Heinecke: chameleons in the terrarium. 2nd Edition. Landbuch-Verlag, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7842-0493-7 .
Web links
- Calumma hilleniusi in The Reptile Database
- Calumma hilleniusi inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Endangered Species . Posted by: Jenkins, RKB, Andreone, F., Andriamazava, A., Andriantsimanarilafy, RA, Anjeriniaina, M., Brady, L., Glaw, F., Griffiths, RA, Rabibisoa, N., Rakotomalala, D., Randrianantoandro, JC, Randrianiriana, J., Randrianizahana, H., Ratsoavina, F. & Robsomanitrandrasana, E., 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2013.