Minute Leaf Chameleon
Brookesia minima
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
Brookesia minima est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Chamaeleonidae. Répartition Cette espèce est endémique de l'île de Nosy Bé dans la région de Diana à Madagascar. Description Ce caméléon nain est de petite taille (14 mm du museau au cloaque pour les mâles), diurne, et vit au sol ou sur les branches basses des forêts.
Brookesia minima, (common names of which include the dwarf chameleon, the Madagascar dwarf chameleon, the minute leaf chameleon, and the Nosy Be pygmy leaf chameleon), is a diminutive chameleon that was regarded as the smallest lizard of the Chamaeleonidae until a smaller species, Brookesia nana, was described in 2021. Range B. minima is endemic to Nosy Be, an island located just off the northwest coast of Madagascar, but has extralimital distribution to Manongarivo Reserve on Madagascar's northwest coast.
Brookesia minima es un camaleón del género Brookesia. Es endémico de la isla Nosy Be (Madagascar). Se encuentra amenazada por la pérdida de su hábitat natural.
Distribution
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