Brookesia peyrierasi

Brookesia peyrierasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Brookesia
Species:
B. peyrierasi
Binomial name
Brookesia peyrierasi

Brookesia peyrierasi is a species of diminutive chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to north-eastern Madagascar. It is known commonly as Peyrieras's pygmy chameleon, named after the herpetologist André Peyriéras.[2]

  1. ^ Andreone F [in Italian], Andriamazava A, Anjeriniaina M, Glaw F, Jenkins RKB, Rabibisoa N, Rakotomalala D, Randrianantoandro JC, Randrianiriana J, Randrianizahana H, Ratsoavina F, Robsomanitrandrasana E (2014). "Brookesia peyrierasi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T172795A62660091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T172795A62660091.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Brookesia peyrierasi, p. 205).