This small chameleon can be found during the day on the forest floor, or climbing a meter or two above it. In Talatakely is the most easily found of the three Brookesia species in the park.
Total length: 8-9.2cm.(Glaw, 1994) Average weight
1.2g(
),
1.6g(
), dark
brown body, well marked horizontal spines, enlarged "eyebrows". Non-prehensile
tail. (UEA, 1995)
It roosts at night on low branches. Eggs incubate in about 60 days. (Glaw, 1994) Roosting between 25-35cm (UEA, 1995)
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Photographs copyright © 1996,1997 by George Williams
Lee Brady, Kieron Huston, Ricard Jenkins, Juliet Kauffmann, Jeanneney Rabearivony, Georges Raveloson, Marcus Rowcliffe, 1995, University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K., U.E.A. Madagascar Expedition '93, Final Report
Glaw & Vences, 1994, A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar