Madagascar Chameleon Video

[Motherlode Chameleon]

A neat short video of Madagascar Chameleons. There are rarely seen chameleons such as C. globifer and F. bifidus. Have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p59oKZXv3xA

 

[Ace]

beautifyl video, and i simply am in love with the piano piece.

i hope to play it someday, but still intermidiate i am with the piano

 

[cbeal1]

What chameleon is at 3 min 26 sec.?

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

I think that is a sub adult Calumma globifer. Correct me if I'm wrong.

2:01 is a giant Furcifer bifidus and 2:09 looks like it could possibly be a Calumma capuroni.

 

[AlexG]

Agree on C. globifer(um), but 2:09 is a female C. o. oshaughnessyi

 

[Chris Anderson]

Yeah, 2:09 is a female C. o. oshaughnessyi.

For what its worth, a lot of people seem to use the spellings "C. globiferum" (rather than C. globifer), "C. parsonii critiferum" (rather than C. parsonii cristifer), etc., however these spellings are incorrect. One of the authors that originally proposed needing to change the spellings to '-um" explains in this article why it is actually wrong: http://www.chameleonnews.com/05FebLutzmann.html

Chris

 

[theresaintucson]

Thanks for posting this. It's a beautiful video. Awesome to see chameleons in their natural environment

 

[Hoj]

pretty kool for anyone who liked that and desent know they should check out the chameleons of madagascar dvd in the site bookstore i just got a copy and it is awsome

 

[laurie]

Thank you so much for sharing, both the video & the music are excellent. I could watch that over & over. Truth is I will.

 

[AlexG]

If you look closely you will notice a reddish-brown brickwall or half-rotten wooden walls in the background of many pics... It's obvious that many (if not all) pictures weren't taken in the wild, but rather in André Peyrieras' "farm" in Mandraka.
Interesting species in this clip, but sadly and not really surprisingly, some specimens appear to be in rather poor condition...