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The CCC is kicking off the year with the announcement of its very first new project for 2026: Mission Pinocchio, dedicated to the study and conservation of the Calumma pinocchio chameleon, a recently described species already considered one of the most emblematic of Vohimana in Madagascar.

The study and conservation project for the common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) led by Caméléon Center Conservation and Fauna Morocco in Morocco is entering a new phase. Following an initial mission dedicated to documenting threats and establishing the scientific framework for the project, the second field mission will begin this week, between late December and early January.

Research work continues in the Vohimana Reserve! Since early November, Corentin Schürch, a Master's student in biology at the University of Neuchâtel, has joined our field team for three months of fieldwork dedicated to studying Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii parsonii).

Between August and September 2025, Fauna Morocco teams conducted the very first mission of the project "Study and conservation of the common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) in Morocco", initiated in partnership with the Chameleon Centre Conservation (CCC).
 This mission marks the starting point of a project aimed at gaining a better understanding of Moroccan chameleon populations, their habitats and the threats they face, in order to lay the foundations for a long-term co

Read our article on the "aux caméléons de Vohimana"  in Madagascar in the latest issue of Gecko magazine. Since 2023, this project has been led by Caméléon Center Conservation in partnership with Paris Zoo (National Museum of Natural History) and the NGO L'Homme et l'Environnement.

Caméléon Center Conservation (CCC) is proud to announce the launch of a ground-breaking and ambitious scientific mission in the Vohimana reserve in Madagascar. For an entire year, an international, multidisciplinary team will be closely monitoring the world's largest chameleon: Parson's Chameleon (Calumma parsonii).

During the joint meeting of the taxonomic groups for reptiles and amphibians (ARTAG) of EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria), held at Allwetterzoo in Münster from 12 to 17 May 2025, Benjamin Drouet – veterinarian and member of the Caméléon Center Conservation team – presented the first results of our project on Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii).

After four inventory sessions between 2023 and 2024, a fifth session has just started in the Vohimana reserve!

With the help of local guides, over 200 chameleons were observed and measured, enabling data to be collected on their habitat, distribution

Last week, the Association Francophone des Soigneurs-Animaliers (AFSA) published its latest issue of the newsletter Le Tarsier, in which we