Brookesia tuberculata

Taxobox
name = Dwarf Chameleon


status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Chamaeleonidae
genus = "Brookesia"
species = "B. tuberculata"
binomial = "Brookesia tuberculata"
binomial_authority =
synonyms =

"Brookesia tuberculata", also known as the Dwarf Chameleon or the Madagascan Dwarf Chameleon [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=7CC3E9827877A2697A31C7449AECEAC5.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=41369] Journal of Zoology (1999), 247: 225-238 Cambridge University Pres] , is a diminutive chameleon from Madagascar [http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/bminima.html] AdCham.com: "Brookesia minima" by E. Pollak]

imilar Species

A 1999 paper in the "Journal of Zoology" disputed a 1995 paper which considered the this species and "B. peyrierasiand" to be the same species as "B. minima". The later paper discussed the same details as the first -- subtle morphological differences in the hemipenises of the respective species and determined they were not conspecific. They also found differences in the arrangement of head crests and in minute spines above the eyes.

Bibliography

*Klaver, C. & W. Boehme. 1997. "Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich", 112: i-xiv' 1 - 85. Verlag Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin, New York.
*Martin, J., 1992. "Masters of Disguise: A Natural History of Chameleons". Facts On File, Inc., New York, NY.
*Necas, P. 1999. "Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels". Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL.

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