Brookesia ebenaui

Brookesia ebenaui
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Brookesia
Species:	B. ebenaui
Binomial name
Brookesia ebenaui (Boettger, 1880) [2] [3] [4]
Synonyms [2]
Chamaeleo ebenaui Boettger, 1880 Brookesia ebenaui — Boulenger, 1887 Brookesia legendrei Ramanantsoa, 1980 Brookesia ebenaui — Glaw & Vences, 1994

Brookesia ebenaui (northern leaf chameleon ^{[1] [2]} or Ebenau's leaf chameleon ^[5] ) is a chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species, which is endemic to Madagascar, can rapidly change color among various earth hues. ^[6]

Etymology

The specific name, ebenaui, is in honor of German zoologist Karl Ebenau. ^[7]

Geographic range

B. ebenaui is found in extreme northern Madagascar. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of B. ebenaui is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft). ^[1]

Reproduction

B. ebenaui is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Jenkins, R.K.B.; Andreone, F.; Andriamazava, A.; Anjeriniaina, M.; Glaw, F.; Rabibisoa, N.; Rakotomalala, D.; Randrianantoandro, J.C.; Randrianiriana, J.; Randrianizahana , H.; Ratsoavina, F.; Robsomanitrandrasana, E. (2011). "Brookesia ebenaui ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T172844A6928522. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172844A6928522.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Brookesia ebenaui at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2018.
3. "Brookesia ebenaui ". Encyclopedia of Life. EOL.org
4. "Brookesia ebenaui (Boettger, 1880)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 12 April 2018.
5. Chameleoncrazy.com Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
6. Wildherps.com
7. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Brookesia ebenaui, p. 80).

Further reading

• Boettger O (1880). "Diagnoses reptilium et batrachiorum novorum a Carolo Ebenau in insula Nossi-Bé Madagascariensis lectorum ". Zoologischer Anzeiger3: 279–283. (Chamaeleo ebenaui, new species, p. 280). (in Latin).
• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III ... Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Brookesia ebenaui, new combination, p. 475)
• Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag /Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN   978-3929449-01-3.
• Henkel F-W, Schmidt W (2000). Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar and the Mascarene, Seychelles, and Comoro Islands. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. vii + 316 pp. ISBN   978-1575240145.
• Ramanantsoa GA (1980). "Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Brookesia (Reptilia, Squamata, Chameleonidae): B. legendre et B. bonsi". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris4 (1): 685–693. (Brookesia legendrei, new species). (in French).

Photolinks

• Wildherps.com