Career
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.
The Peyrieras" dwarf chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi), Brygoo"s 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 East-R Brygoo and 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.
