Tiny Chameleon Species Just Discovered in Madagascar

[Michie]

Tiny Chameleon Species Just Discovered in Madagascar is a ‘Spectacular Case of Extreme Miniaturization’

A chameleon has been declared by science as currently the world’s smallest reptile.

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The male brookesia nana or “nano-chameleon” measures less than an inch long, while the females stretch just past an inch.

Chameleons are famous for their extending, sniper-rifle tongues, their ability to change color, and their funny little karate-chop oven-mitt-like hands that allow them to cling to tree branches. Brookesia nana in contrast is more at home on the forest floor, and can’t even change color.

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Tiny Chameleon Species Just Discovered in Madagascar is a ‘Spectacular Case of Extreme Miniaturization’

 

[Landon Caeli]

Tiny Chameleon Species Just Discovered in Madagascar is a ‘Spectacular Case of Extreme Miniaturization’

A chameleon has been declared by science as currently the world’s smallest reptile.

Endangerex
The male brookesia nana or “nano-chameleon” measures less than an inch long, while the females stretch just past an inch.

Chameleons are famous for their extending, sniper-rifle tongues, their ability to change color, and their funny little karate-chop oven-mitt-like hands that allow them to cling to tree branches. Brookesia nana in contrast is more at home on the forest floor, and can’t even change color.

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Tiny Chameleon Species Just Discovered in Madagascar is a ‘Spectacular Case of Extreme Miniaturization’

That's tiny! Even tinier than a pocket monkey.