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Tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile
apnews.com ^
| February 7. 2021
| Associated Presstitutes
Posted on 02/06/2021 3:05:30 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
It fits on a human fingertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash.
Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile.
Frank Glaw, who was part of the international team of researchers that classified the new species and named it Brookesia nana said the body of the male specimen appeared to be just 13.5-millimeters-long (a little more than a 1/2-inch.)
That’s at least 1.5 millimeters smaller than the previous record holder, another member of the Brookesia family.
Glaw, a reptile expert at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich, said the tiny male and a slightly larger female were spotted on a mountainside by a local guide during a 2012 expedition.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: brookesianana; chameleon; nanochameleon; smallestreptile
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To: Salamander
Looks like the ones that used to crawl across my face
when I was sleeping in vietnam.
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02/06/2021 5:15:28 PM PST
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: tet68
Except they weren’t that small and sometimes it was
rats. I hardly ever dream about it any more.
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02/06/2021 5:17:57 PM PST
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Ezekiel; Salamander
Shout out to my favorite *lizzie* on the planet! She needs to be on this thread!
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02/06/2021 5:54:07 PM PST
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Daffynition
(*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
To: Daffynition
I am Darkness!
Fear me!
:D
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02/06/2021 6:42:25 PM PST
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Salamander
(There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
To: tet68
They have chameleons in VN?
I had no idea.
o_O
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02/06/2021 6:43:08 PM PST
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Salamander
(There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
To: Robert DeLong
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02/06/2021 6:44:58 PM PST
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PallMal
To: Varda
Tree Frogs are a lot cuter...
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02/06/2021 7:43:19 PM PST
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Jamestown1630
("Corn Pop was a bad dude. He ran a bunch of bad boys.")
To: Salamander
Hangin' with you is always a blast!
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02/07/2021 7:52:56 AM PST
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Daffynition
(*Mega Dittoes and Mega Prayers* & :))
To: Daffynition
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02/07/2021 11:20:39 AM PST
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Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
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