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Brookesia nana just became the world s smallest-known reptile (Credit: Frank Glaw (SNSB / ZSM)
Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa, is home to some of the world s most exciting and unique animal species about 75 percent of which cannot be found anywhere else on the planet. These include the long-necked giraffe weevil, the colorful, cat-sized panther chameleon, and the bright orange-red tomato frog! The latest to join this impressive list of exotic creatures is a new reptile species small enough to perch on the tip of a finger!
The two adult specimens a male and a female of the
Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon, were discovered in Northern Madagascar s rainforests by an expedition team led by Dr. Frank Glaw, a herpetologist at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich, Germany. The male nano-chameleon, which measured 13.5 mm (0.5 inches) from snout to vent with a total length of 22 mm (0.87 inches) is the smallest among all the world s 11,500 known
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