New Research Center in Central Madagascar

[Motherlode Chameleon]

There is a new research center called Centre Valbio in eastern Madagascar. This state of the art facility is going to be a base of operations for research in the Ranomafana area of central eastern Madagascar.

http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0702-centre-valbio.html#

 

[jannb]

That's awesome news Jeremy. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

That's great news for chameleon species that live in that area. Including Yellow Lip Calumma parsonii, Furcifer balteatus, and Calumma oshaughnessyi.

Here's a link to a Yellow Lip Parsonii
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Calu...8&start=55&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:16,s:55,i:306

Furcifer balteatus
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Furc...94&start=15&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:15,i:134

Calumma oshaughnessyi
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Calu...ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:14,s:0,i:119&tx=54&ty=67

 

[Niels Pedersen]

Yes this is really good news.

 

[Ulrich]

Great news. Hope it helps to make the wc process more controlled. It has been a bit out of balance lately with the global hype for Chams.