Common Name: Fork-nosed Chameleon

Scientific Name: Calumma furcifer

Food: Insects

Distribution: CE Madagascar

Habitat: inhabits the grass tufts and bushes of the rainforests.

Color Discription: varies from brown to green with a rust to cream-colored stripe extending along the flanks from just behind the head to the area above the hind legs. Two darker spots may be present along this stripe. A double white line appears on the ventrum, extending from the throat to middle of the tail.

Physical Discription: The head is smooth with lateral and parietal crests and is weakly developed or may be absent. A raised casque is absent although there is weakly developed occipital lobes that is present. Males exhibit a forked rostral process covered with enlarged plate-like scales. Both sexes lack gular and ventral crests but a dorsal crest of regularly spaced conical scales are present.

Size: 5.5 - 6"

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