Common Name: Boettger's Chameleon

Scientific Name: Calumma boettgeri

Food: Insects

Distribution: Indigenous to Nosy Be Island and northern Madagascar

Habitat: inhabit bushes and trees of the forest fringe.

Color Discription: Basic body coloration ranges from brown to brownish-green to brownish yellow. The head and rostral process may possess exquisite blue spots.

Physical Discription: The flattened head has only a rudimentary casque. It may be distinguished from Calumma nasuta by its better developed, fused occipital lobes and by the minimal dorsal crest. The rostral process is a laterally compressed extension of the canthi rostralis.

Size: 5"

Temperatures: Daily highs between the mid 70s - 80sºF, and it is recommended with a temperature drop of 10 - 15ºF.

Breeding/Reproduction: 4-5 eggs occurs approximately 45 days after mating and hatching occurs approximately 90 days with incubation between 71 - 75ºF. Sexual maturity occurs at approximately 9 months of age.

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