identification of species found by Anatananarivo urban lake

[calyptorhynchus]

Id on this sp please!

 

[nightanole]

Looka Likea Oustalet's or spiny/warty. Aka the panthers that never made it to the paint booth. The tell tail is the white dots with black outline.


https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/25772/spiny_chameleon.html

 

[Carlton]

Not F. verrucosus IMHO. The skin texture is too uniform (no pattern of pronounced, warty tubercules across the body, few on the cheeks), the dorsal spines aren't pronounced enough, no gular spines. The natural range of F. verrucosus is south and west of Antananarivo. Poor thing looks in poor condition overall. Maybe it's just an odd pose, but possibly an old spinal injury?

 

[ehdee6]

I was leaning more towards a furcifer-oustaleti.

https://www.chameleons.info/l/the-dry-west-population-of-furcifer-oustaleti-is-remarkable/

 

[nightanole]

I was leaning more towards a furcifer-oustaleti.

https://www.chameleons.info/l/the-dry-west-population-of-furcifer-oustaleti-is-remarkable/

Some oustaleti morphs can make the O. The oustaleti and verrucosus have such a huge color and pattern range. They can be green and mossy, they can be pretty red, and they can be pretty much black and white. I ended up with a pretty much brown oustaleti, he could never turn black or green.


http://www.wildherps.com/species/F.oustaleti.html

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

That looks to be a skinny Furcifer oustaleti male. Females tend to be reddish or green in color.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich

 

[calyptorhynchus]

Looka Likea Oustalet's or spiny/warty. Aka the panthers that never made it to the paint booth. The tell tail is the white dots with black outline.


https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/25772/spiny_chameleon.html

Thanks for this, makes sense as Oustalet's. I have another two spp for ID on another thread.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

A note. Allegedly Calumma globifer was historically found in Anatananarivo habitats.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich