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Brookesia superciliaris (KUHL, 1820)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Brown Leaf Chameleon
G: Augenzipfelstummelschwanzchamäleon 
SynonymChamaeleo superciliaris KUHL 1820
Chameleo brookesiana GRAY 1827
Chameleo brookesii — GRAY 1831
Chamaeleo Brookesii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1836: 235
Chamaeleon (Furcifer) brookesii — FITZINGER 1843
Chameleo brookesianus — GRAY, (err. pro B. superciliaris) 1845
Brookesia superciliaris — GRAY 1865: 352
Chamaeleo balteus — ANGEL, (err. pro Chameleo balteatus) 1942
Chameleo brookesia — ANGEL 1942
Brookesia superciliaris — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 239
Brookesia superciliaris — NECAS 1999: 271
Brookesia superciliaris — TOWNSEND et al. 2009
Brookesia superciliaris — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionE Madagascar (elevation up to more than 1000 m).

Type locality: probably from Africa (fide NECAS & SCHMIDT 2004).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NHMUK 1946.8.21.80, male (Campbell & Denzer 2020); not registered as type(s) fide Klaver & Böhme 1997: 5.
Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.80, see Klaver 2020 for details [brookesii = brookesiana] 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Chamaeleo superciliaris KUHL 1820 is the type species of the genus Brookesia KUHL 1820. 
EtymologyNamed after the larger protrusions above the eye, from Latin cilium = eyelash or eyelid.

The genus has been named by Gray in honor of Joshua Brookes (1761-1833). Brookes was a British anatomist and founder of the Brookesian Museum of Comparative Anatomy. The first officially described species of Brookesia was part of his collection. 
References
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