Brookesia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
- Genus
- Brookesia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Brookesia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Brookesia
Brookesia is a genus of chameleons, lizards in the family Chamaeleonidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar. Member species range from small to very small in size, and are known collectively as leaf chameleons (though this common name is also 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 in the genus were only identified to science within the last three decades, and a number of species that still have not received a scientific name are known to exist. Most inhabit very small ranges in areas that are difficult to access, and due to their small size and secretive nature, they have been relatively poorly studied compared to their larger relatives.
Brookesia are abundant in low-disturbance riparian zones and low-disturbance rainforests. Brookesia are scarce in high-disturbance forests recovering from burning. As of 2024, Brookesia nofy is the most recently described new species in the subfamily Brookesiinae. A different species, B. nana, is the first chameleon known not to change colors.
...Brookesia in languages:
- Japanese
- ヒメカメレオン属
- Russian
- Брукезии
- Russian
- Карликовые хамелеоны
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Brookesia antakarana
- Brookesia bekolosy
- Brookesia betschi
- Brookesia bonsi
- Brookesia brunoi
- Brookesia brygooi
- Brookesia confidens
- Brookesia decaryi
- Brookesia dentata
- Brookesia desperata
- Brookesia ebenaui
- Brookesia exarmata
- Brookesia griveaudi
- Brookesia karchei
- Brookesia lambertoni
- Brookesia lineata
- Brookesia micra
- Brookesia minima
- Brookesia nana
- Brookesia perarmata
- Brookesia peyrierasi
- Brookesia ramanantsoai
- Brookesia stumpffi
- Brookesia superciliaris
- Brookesia tedi
- Brookesia therezieni
- Brookesia thieli
- Brookesia tristis
- Brookesia tuberculata
- Brookesia vadoni
- Brookesia valerieae





































