'' female, stress-coloured, with two recently laid eggs. '' (male), the world's smallest known reptile species
species group: A-B B. tristis, C-D B. confidens, E-F B. micra, G-H B. desperata'' The genus
Brookesia contains the following 32 species which are recognized as being valid. •
Brookesia antakarana –
Antakarana Leaf Chameleon Raxworthy &
Nussbaum, 1995 •
Brookesia bekolosy –
Bekolosy Leaf Chameleon Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 •
Brookesia betschi –
Blank's Leaf Chameleon Brygoo,
Blanc &
Domergue, 1974 •
Brookesia bonsi –
Namoroka Leaf Chameleon Ramanantsoa, 1980 •
Brookesia brunoi –
Anja Reserve Leaf Chameleon Crottini et al., 2012 •
Brookesia brygooi Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 – leaf chameleon or Brygoo's chameleon •
Brookesia confidens Glaw et al., 2012 •
Brookesia decaryi Angel, 1939 – spiny leaf chameleon •
Brookesia dentata Mocquard, 1900 – toothed leaf chameleon •
Brookesia desperata Glaw et al., 2012 •
Brookesia ebenaui (
Boettger, 1880) – northern leaf chameleon •
Brookesia exarmata Schimmenti &
Jesu, 1996 •
Brookesia griveaudi Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974 – Marojejy leaf chameleon •
Brookesia karchei Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970 – naturelle leaf chameleon •
Brookesia lambertoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970 – Fito leaf chameleon •
Brookesia lineata Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995 •
Brookesia micra Glaw et al., 2012 •
Brookesia minima Boettger, 1893 – minute leaf chameleon •
Brookesia nana Glaw et al., 2021 – Nano-chameleon •
Brookesia nofy Rakotoarison et al., 2024 •
Brookesia perarmata (
Angel, 1933) – Antsingy leaf chameleon •
Brookesia peyrierasi Brygoo & Domergue, 1974 – Peyrieras's leaf chameleon •
Brookesia ramanantsoai Brygoo & Domergue, 1975 – Ramanantsoa's minute leaf chameleon •
Brookesia stumpffi Boettger, 1894 – plated leaf chameleon •
Brookesia superciliaris (
Kuhl, 1820) – brown leaf chameleon •
Brookesia tedi Scherz,
J. Kohler,
Rakotoarison, Glaw & Vences, 2019 •
Brookesia therezieni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970 – Perinet leaf chameleon •
Brookesia thieli Brygoo & Domergue, 1969 – Domergue's leaf chameleon •
Brookesia tristis Glaw et al., 2012 •
Brookesia tuberculata Mocquard, 1894 – Mount d'Ambre leaf chameleon •
Brookesia vadoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1968 – Iaraka River leaf chameleon, mossy pygmy leaf chameleon •
Brookesia valerieae Raxworthy, 1991 – Raxworthy's leaf chameleon
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than
Brookesia. ==See also==