Common Name: Nosy Chameleon

Scientific Name: Calumma nasuta

Food: Insects

Distribution: East Madagascar and Nosy Boraha (St. Marie).

Habitat: lives among the leaves of the rainforests.

Color Discription: dirty green, yellow, brown, and grey.

Physical Discription: does not possess any occipital lobes or crests. The most obvious descriptive feature is a small, flexible rostral process only a few millimeters long.

Size: 8"

Temperatures/Humidity: The daytime temperatures should be 75ºF - 77ºF in the summer and around 68ºF in the winter. This species requires high humidity. They come from the rainforests, the climate is very humid. The temperatures vary throughout the year between 71ºF - 82ºF . The humidity is between 70 and 100%.

Breeding/Reproduction: : Breeding almost invariably occurs in the early morning hours. The male's courtship is similar to that of all other chameleons. After a 40 day gestation the female deposits 2 - 4 eggs which she hides under leaves in the same manner as Brookesia or Rhampholeon. It have been reported The eggs should be incubated at room temperature and typically hatch after 90 days although incubation times as short as 2 months

Cage Setup: very calm and not particularly shy. It is possible to keep a pair in a single terrarium with a size of around 16"L x 16"W x 24"H.

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