Common Name: Paddle-nosed Chameleon

Scientific Name: Furcifer antimena

Food: Insects

Distribution: SW Madagascar (spiny desert region)

Habitat: Desert

Color Discription: Males are green or yellowish green with a dark brown or black-colored, with a irregular net pattern on the sides and tail. Lower parts of the flanks are off-white. The central parts of the flanks are usually more yellowish. Labials are green or yellow green. And the casque and dorsal crest are bone colored. Females in non-breeding condition are gray with irregular black markings, often with a faint bluish flush. Gravid females are green with the upper parts of the flanks colored in purple with numerous cobalt blue scales mixed together. These cobalt blue spots are very prominent on the cheeks. Labials of gravid females are white.

Physical Discription: Scalation is heterogeneous with a longitudinal row of enlarged scales. Males exhibit a prominent, vertically compressed nasal projection that is present but less developed in females. The "nose" is thin and fragile. Males have a high casque which is much less elevated in the females. Males also have a gular crest of a few pointed tubercles while females have a gular crest of numerous very small pointed tubercles. Males have a strongly developed doral crest formed of around 30 saw-like spines. Females have an incomplete dorsal crest of a maximum of 8 small pointed tubercles at the anterior part of the back.

Size: Males reach a maximum total length of 12" - 13". Females only grow to about 7"

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