Common Name: Labord's Chameleon

Scientific Name: Furcifer labordi

Food: Insects

Distribution: Western Madagascar

Habitat: warm coastal areas amonst the small trees and thickets of thorny bushes

Color Discription: Males are primarily green with a lighter, broken line along the flanks. Diagonal bands of light green or gray sometimes adorn the sides. Female show more brown, blue and purplish highlights on her green body and and bilateral oval spots of red to violet just behind the head. Diagonal striping is similar to that of the male but may be more intense. Both sexes darken under conditions of stress.

Physical Discription: Females lack the high casque of the male and sport only a small rostral process compared to the large, laterally compressed rostral process of the male. A dorsal crest of conical scales is apparent but gular and ventral crests are absent. Scalation is primarily homogeneous with a few enlarged scales randomly distributed on the flanks.

Size:

Temperatures/Humidity: Basking temperatures of up to 87º F should be provided with cooler parts of the cage being in the low to mid 70's. Night time temperatures of approximately 65º F. Frequent mistings are required to maintain a high humidity and to provide water droplets which are licked from leaves.

Breeding/Reproduction: Females lay approximately 8 eggs which hatch after 10 months when incubated at 83º F - 84º F.

Cage Setup: extremely shy toward keepers and should be maintained in large cages with dense plantings.

Water:

Special Needs: