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Brookesia
Brookesia is a genus of chameleons, endemic to Madagascar, that range from small to very small in size, and are known collectively as leaf chameleons (though this name also commonly is used for species in the genera Rieppeleon and Rhampholeon). Brookesia includes species considered to be the world's smallest chameleons, and are also among the smallest reptiles. Members of the genus Brookesia are largely brown and most are essentially terrestrial. A significant percentage of the species...
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 32 known species
Brown Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia superciliaris
Plated Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia stumpffi
Mount d'Ambre Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia tuberculata
Domergue's Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia thieli
Perinet Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia therezieni
Minute Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia minima
Marojejy Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia griveaudi
Peyrieras' Dwarf Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia peyrierasi
Anja Reserve Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia brunoi
Antakarana Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia antakarana
Brygoo's Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia brygooi
Brookesia nofy
speciesBrookesia nofy
Nosy Hara Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia micra
Naturelle Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia karchei
Spiny Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia decaryi
Ted's Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia tedi
Ramanantsoa's Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia ramanantsoai
Northern Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia ebenaui
Iaraka River Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia vadoni
Ankarana Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia confidens
Montagne des Français Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia tristis
Desperate Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia desperata
Marojejy Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia betschi
Antsingy Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia perarmata
Toothed Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia dentata
Sorata Stub-tailed Chameleon
speciesBrookesia nana
Antsingy Unarmed Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia exarmata
Namoroka Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia bonsi
Bekolosy Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia bekolosy
Fito Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia lambertoni
Lined Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia lineata
Raxworthy's Leaf Chameleon
speciesBrookesia valerieae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 32916.