Brookesia dentata MOCQUARD, 1900

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Toothed Leaf Chameleon
Synonym	Brookesia dentata MOCQUARD 1900: 345 Brookesia dentata — WERNER 1911: 43 Brookesia dentata — MERTENS 1966: 2 Brookesia dentata — BRYGOO 1978: 25 Brookesia dentata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 235 Brookesia dentata — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 Brookesia dentata — NECAS 1999: 277 Brookesia dentata — TOWNSEND et al. 2009 Brookesia (Evoluticauda) dentata — GLAW et al. 2021
Distribution	NW Madagascar Type locality: Environs de Suberbieville, N.W. Madagascar.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 1899.0322
Diagnosis
Comment	Brookesia dentata and Brookesia ramanantsoai have been synonymized by RAXWORTHY & NUSSBAUM 1995. However, the species are clearly different (F. GLAW, pers. comm. 21 Feb 2010 and GLAW & VENCES, field guide). This species is known from only one specimen.
Etymology	Named after L.: dens (dentis > dent), tooth; -atus/a/um, adjectival suffix: toothed, denoting the dentate scalation of this species as compared with the related B. tuberculata (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023).
References	Brygoo, E. R. 1978. Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae. Genre Brookesia et complément pour le genre Chamaeleo. Faune de Madagascar, 47: 1—173. Brygoo, E. R. & C. A. Domergue 1974. Notes sur les Brookesia de Madagascar. IX. Observations sur B. tuberculata Mocquard, 1894, B. ramanantsoai sp. nov. et B. peyrierasi nom. nov. (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleontidae). . Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 189 (267): 1769-1782 [1975] Glaw ,F. & Vences, M. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar. Vences & Glaw Verlag, Köln (ISBN 3-929449-01-3) Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here Glaw, F., Köhler, J., Hawlitschek, O. et al. 2021. Extreme miniaturization of a new amniote vertebrate and insights into the evolution of genital size in chameleons. Sci Rep 11: 2522 - get paper here Lutzmann, N. 2004. Huckepack zur Hochzeit: warum tragen einige Chamäleonweibchen die Männchen auf dem Rücken? Reptilia (Münster) 9 (48): 38-40 - get paper here Lutzmann, N. 2004. Females carrying males in chameleon courtship. Reptilia (GB) (35): 34-36 - get paper here Mocquard, F. 1900. Diagnose d'espéces nouvelles de Reptiles de Madagascar. Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., Paris 6: 345- 348. - get paper here Mocquard, F. 1900. Nouvelle contribution á la faune herpétologique de Madagascar. Bull. Soc. philom., Paris (9) 2 (4): 93-111. - get paper here Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 256 pp. [review in Elaphe 14 (1): 24] Necas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe)<br />ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada) Raxworthy, C. J. & R. A. Nussbaum 1995. Systematics, speciation and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons (Brookesia; Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleontidae) of northern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 235: 525-558. - get paper here Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. 2010. Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur und Tier Verlag, 328 pp. [review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013] - get paper here Townsend, T.M.; Vieites, D.R.; Glaw, F. & Vences, M. 2009. Testing Species-Level Diversification Hypotheses in Madagascar: The Case of Microendemic Brookesia Leaf Chameleons. Systematic Biology 58 (6):641–656 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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