Brookesia antakarana RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM, 1995
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Brookesia antakarana
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| Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Brookesia antakarana RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM 1995: 537 Brookesia ambreensis RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM 1995: 534 Brookesia antakarana — NECAS 1999: 276 Brookesia ambreensis — NECAS 1999: 276 Brookesia antakarana — TOWNSEND et al. 2009 Brookesia ambreensis — TOWNSEND et al. 2009 Brookesia antakarana — SCHERZ et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | Madagascar (Montagne de Ambre National Park) Type locality: Antomboka River, Montagne de Ambre National Park, elevation 1050 m, Madagascar ambreensis: Madagascar (Montagne de Ambre National Park); Type locality: Antomboka River, Montagne de Ambre National Park, elevation 1050-1100 m, Madagascar. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 200071 Holotype: UMMZ 203635 [ambreensis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (ambreensis): A Brookesia with a complete series of 12, dorsolateral pointed tubercles on the body; no well-defined pelvic shield in the sacral region; no dorsal ridge (keel); no prominent pointed tubercles on the tail, chin or around the cloaca; supraocular cone rounded and does not project further forward than nostril; the horizontal distance between the snout tip and anterior margin of eye is less than the eye diameter; dorsal region of body unmarked, or with a thin dark. brown vertebral line; SVL up to 55 mm. Only two other species, Brookesia karchei and B. valerieae share the following combination of characters with B. ambreensis: series of dorsolateral pointed tubercles along body, absence of prominent pointed tubercles on tail, chin and around cloaca; absence of a dorsal ridge (keel) on body; absence of 3 pelvic shield. Brookesia karchei has an elongated snout; the horizontal distance, between the snout tip and anterior margin of eye, is greater than the eye diameter; the supraocular cone is pointed; and is not known to exceed 30 mm SVL. Brookesia valeriege has nine or ten dorsolateral pointed tubercles; the supraocular cone is pointed; and the dorsal body region may have elongated, dark brown, forward pointing chevrons or a pale vertebral line. (Raxworthy & Nussbaum 1995) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 10693 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | This species was paraphyletic with respect to B. ambreensis (TOWNSEND et al. 2009). Scherz et al. 2018 synonymized Brookesia ambreensis with B. antakarana. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
| Etymology | Named after the Antakarana people and region in N Madagascar where the species occurs. B. ambreensis is named after the type locality, Montagne de Ambre. |
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