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Brookesia exarmata SCHIMMENTI & JESU, 1996

IUCN Red List - Brookesia exarmata - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymBrookesia exarmata SCHIMMENTI & JESU 1996
Brookesia exarmata — NECAS 1999: 277
Brookesia exarmata — TOWNSEND et al. 2009
Brookesia (Evoluticauda) exarmata — GLAW et al. 2021 
DistributionMadagascar (known only from the type locality).

Type locality: River Ambodyreana, Tsingy de Bemaraha, Antsalova, Fivondronana, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MRSN R1557 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after L.: ex-, prefix meaning without or lacking; armare (from arma, weapon), to furnish with weapons or to arm; -atus/a/um, perfect participle ending: unarmed, denoting the absence of any spinose scalation in this species as conmpared with the extraordinairy spinose and sympatric B. perarmata (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
References
  • BORA, PARFAIT; J. CHRISTIAN RANDRIANANTOANDRO, ROMA RANDRIANAVELONA, ELISOA F. HANTALALAINA, RAPHALI R. ANDRIANTSIMANARILAFY, DANIEL RAKOTONDRAVONY, OLGA R. RAMILIJAONA, MIGUEL VENCES, RICHARD K. B. JENKINS, FRANK GLAW, AND JÖRN KÖHLER 2010. AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE TSINGY DE BEMARAHA PLATEAU, WESTERN MADAGASCAR: CHECKLIST, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND CONSERVATION. Herp. Cons. Biol. 5 (1): 111-125
  • Gardner CJ, Raxworthy CJ, Metcalfe K, Raselimanana AP, Smith RJ, Davies ZG 2015. Comparing Methods for Prioritising Protected Areas for Investment: A Case Study Using Madagascar’s Dry Forest Reptiles. PLoS One 10 (7): e0132803, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132803 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Nečas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 256 pp. [review in Elaphe 14 (1): 24]
  • Nečas, 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)
  • Randrianantoandro, Joseph Christian; Randrianavelona, Roma; Andriantsimanarilafy, Raphali Rodlis; Fideline, Hantalalaina Elisoa; Rakotondravony, Daniel; Jenkins, Richard K.B. 2007. Roost site characteristics of sympatric dwarf chameleons (genus Brookesia) from western Madagascar. Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (4): 577-581 - get paper here
  • Schimmenti G; Jesu R 1996. Brookesia exarmata sp. nov. (Reptilia, Chamaeleonidae): a new dwarf chameleon from the limestone outcrops of western Madagascar. ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY (MODENA) 63(2) 1996: 193-197 - 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
 
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