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Ankarana Leaf Chameleon
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Ankarana Leaf Chameleon

Brookesia confidens

Brookesia confidens, also known as the leaf chameleon, is a newly discovered and one of the world's smallest species of chameleons. It is endemic to the Ankarana Nature Reserve (Ankarana National Park) in Madagascar. It was first described in 2012 by F. Glaw, J. Koehler, T.M. Townsend and M. Vences.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145977.