Brookesia decaryi ANGEL, 1939

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Spiny Leaf Chameleon
Synonym	Brookesia decaryi ANGEL 1939: 575 Brookesia decaryi — MERTENS 1966: 2 Brookesia decaryi — BRYGOO 1978: 16 Brookesia decaryi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 236 Brookesia decaryi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 Brookesia decaryi — NECAS 1999: 261 Brookesia decaryi — TOWNSEND et al. 2009
Distribution	NW Madagascar (Ankarafantsika Massif ) Type locality: Côte Ouest, forêt du Massif de l‘Ankarafantsika, Madagascar
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1938.0158-0162
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Raymond Decary (1891-1973), a colonial administrator in Madagascar (1916-1944). He was a zoologist, botanist, geologist, and ethnographer and was interested in anything and everything to do with Madagascar, contributing over 40,000 specimens of Malagasy flora to the Paris herbarium.
References	Angel, F. 1939. Lézards, Scincidé et Chamaeleontidé nouveaux de Madagascar, des collections R. Decary. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat., 10 (1938): 574—577. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Brygoo, E. R. 1978. Reptiles Sauriens Chamaeleonidae. Genre Brookesia et complément pour le genre Chamaeleo. Faune de Madagascar, 47: 1—173. CROTTINI, ANGELICA; AURÉLIEN MIRALLES, FRANK GLAW, D. JAMES HARRIS, ALEXANDRA LIMA & MIGUEL VENCES 2012. Description of a new pygmy chameleon (Chamaeleonidae: Brookesia) from central Madagascar. Zootaxa 3490: 63–74 - get paper here 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. & 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, Frank; Njaratiana A. Raharinoro, Rojo N. Ravelojaona, David Prötzel & Miguel Vences 2022. New records of threatened leaf chameleons highlight unexpected genetic diversity of the Brookesia decaryi/B. bonsi species complex in western Madagascar Zool. Garten N.F. 90: 71-80 - get paper here Klaver, Ch. J.J. & Böhme,W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: XIV, 1-85 Mertens, Robert 1966. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien: Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich 83: 1-37 MÜLLER, Rolf & Thomas HILDENHAGEN 2009. Zeigt her eure Füßchen - Bemerkungen zu Sohlen- und Schwanzstrukturen bei Chamäleons. Chamaeleo 19 (1): 13-24 - get paper here Necas, P. 1995. Chamäleons - bunte Juwelen der Natur. Edition Chimaira bei Bücher-Kreth (Frankfurt/M., Germany) 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, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Geheimnisvolle Mini-Drachen: Die Erd- und Stummelschwanzchamäleons der Gattungen Brookesia und Rhampholeon. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (48): 18-27 - get paper here Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Mysterious Mini-Dragons: the stump-tailed chameleons Brookesia and Rhampholeon. Reptilia (GB) (35): 10-21 - get paper here 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) Okajima Y, Kumazawa Y 2010. Mitochondrial genomes of acrodont lizards: timing of gene rearrangements and phylogenetic and biogeographic implications. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:141 - 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 Schneider, C. 2016. Reptiliensuche auf Madagaskar. Reptilia 21 (118): 74-79 - 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 http://verity.mcphu.edu/adcham/paged.asp?genus=brookesia http://bibliofile.mc.duke.edu/gww/Reptiles/Brookesia.html http://www.seh-herpetology.org/sites/seh-herpetology.org/files/uploads… Google images

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