Labord’s chameleon  (Furcifer labordi)

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Glossary

  • Prehensile: capable of grasping.
  • Territorial: an animal, a pair of animals or a colony that occupies and defends an area.
  • Vertebrates: animals with a backbone.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (July, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Glaw, F. and Vences, M. (1994) A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar.M. Vences and F. Glaw Verlags GbR, Germany.
  3. CITES (July, 2007)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Halliday, T. and Adler, K. (2002) The New Encyclopedia of Reptile and Amphibians.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. AdCham (September, 2009)
    http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/flabordi.html
  6. Karsten, K.B., Andriamandimbiarisoa, L.N., Fox, S.F. and Raxworthy, C.J. (2008) A unique life history among tetrapods: An annual chameleon living mostly as an egg. PNAS, 105 (26): 8980 - 8984.
  7. Carpenter, A.I., Rowcliffe, J.M. and Watkinson, A.R. (2004) The dynamics of global trade in chameleons. Biological Conservation, 120: 291 - 301.
  8. Mittermeier, R.A., Robles-Gil, P., Hoffmann, M., Pilgrim, J.D., Brooks, T.M., Mittermeier, C.G., Lamoreux, J.L. and Fonseca, G. (2004) Hotspots Revisited: Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Ecoregions.Cemex, Mexico City.
  9. Conservation International (September, 2008)
    http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/madagascar
  10. Madagascar Wildlife Conservation (September, 2008)
    http://www.mwc-info.net
  11. WWF (September, 2008)
    http://ww.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/madagascar
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