Brookesia tuberculata MOCQUARD, 1894
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Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Mount d'Ambre Leaf Chameleon |
Synonym | Brookesia tuberculata MOCQUARD 1894 Brookesia tuberculata — WERNER 1911: 43 Brookesia tuberculata — MERTENS 1966: 5 Brookesia tuberculata — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 235 Brookesia minima — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 Brookesia tuberculata — GLAW et al. 1999 Brookesia tuberculata — TOWNSEND et al. 2009 |
Distribution | N Madagascar Type locality: Montagne d’Ambre |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 1893.0183 |
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Comment | Brookesia minima, tuberculata, and peyrierasi have been synonymized by Raxworthy and Nussbaum (1995). This synonymization has been reversed by Glaw et al. (1999). See entry for B. minima. B. tuberculata is the smallest chameleon known (max. SVL of 19 mm and mean of 18 mm). Type species: LOVERIDGE (1956: 2, footnote; and 1957a: 206, footnote) designated Brookesia nasus as type species of the genus Evoluticauda ANGEL 1942, but this subsequent designation is not valid as the previous designation of Brookesia tuberculata as type species of Evoluticauda by GUIBE (1954: 108) has precedence. Abundance: only known from the type locality (Meiri et al. 2017). |
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