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) |
| 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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