Brookesia minima


Brookesia minima
Lokobe Strict Reserve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Brookesia
Species:
B. minima
Binomial name
Brookesia minima
Boettger, 1893

Brookesia minima, (common names of which include the dwarf chameleon, the Madagascan dwarf chameleon,[2] the minute leaf chameleon,[3] and the Nosy Be pygmy leaf chameleon), is a diminutive chameleon that was regarded as the smallest lizard[4] of the Chamaeleonidae until a smaller species, Brookesia nana, was described in 2021.

  1. ^ Glaw, F.; Jenkins, R.K.B. (2014). "Brookesia minima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T67009871A47583723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T67009871A47583723.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Glaw, Frank; Vences, Miguel; Ziegler, Thomas; Böhme, Wolfgang; Köhler, Jörn (1999). "Specific distinctness and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons Brookesia minima, B. peyrierasi and B. tuberculata (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae): evidence from hemipenial and external morphology". Journal of Zoology. 247 (2): 225–238. doi:10.1017/s0952836999002101.
  3. ^ "Minute leaf chameleon". Arkive:Images of Life on Earth. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  4. ^ "Brookesia minima". Reptile Database.