Dr André Peyriéras (born 1927) was a doctor at the University of Montpellier in France. He settled in Madagascar in 1954 and lived there until 2005. He became one of Madagascar's most eminent entomologist, herpetologist and plant collector.
He discovered over 3000 new insects. Peyrieras' dwarf chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi ), Peyrieras' chameleon (Calumma peyrierasi ), and Peyrieras' woolly lemur (Avahi peyrierasi ) are all named after him. He discovered a new Brookesia species, Brookesia vadoni, in 1968, prospecting for insects in Iaraka, in the Masoala massif, that was described by É.-R. Brygoo and C.A. Domergue from the Institut Pasteur de Tananarive.
Peyriéras founded and ran the Mandraka Nature Farm, now known as Peyrieras Reserve Madagascar Exotic, about 75 km (47 mi) east of Antananarivo in Madagascar. Here they breed many of Madagascar's' rare and endangered reptiles, frogs and insects.The farm is now run by his daughter Sylviane Peyriéras.
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