Brookesia peyrierasi

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Brookesia peyrierasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Brookesia
Species:
B. peyrierasi
Binomial name
Brookesia peyrierasi

Brookesia peyrierasi is a

Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to north-eastern Madagascar. It is known commonly as Peyrieras's pygmy chameleon, named after the herpetologist André Peyriéras.[2]

Similar species

A 1999 paper in the

B. tuberculata 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.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitat of B. peyrierasi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

B. peyrierasi is oviparous.[4]

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. . (Brookesia peyrierasi, p. 205).
  3. ^ Glaw F, Vences M, Ziegler T, Böhme W, Köhler J (1999). "Specific distinctness and biogeography of the dwarf chameleons Brookesia minima, B. peyrierasi and B. tuberculata (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae): evidence from hemipenial and external morphology". [1] Journal of Zoology 247 (2): 225-238.
  4. ^ Species Brookesia peyrierasi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Brygoo E-R, Domergue CA (1975). "Notes sur les Brookesia de Madagascar. IX. Observations sur B. tuberculata Mocquard, 1894, B. ramanantsoai sp. nov. et B. peyrierasi nom. nov. (Reptilia, Squamata, Chamaeleontidae)". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 189 (276): 1769–1782. (Brookesia peyrierasi, new species). (in French).
  • . (Brookesia peyrierasi, p. 235).
  • Klaver C, Böhme W (1997). "Chamaeleonidae". Das Tierreich 112: xiv + 1-85.
  • Martin J (1992). Masters of Disguise: A Natural History of Chameleons. New York: Facts On File, Inc.
  • Nečas P (1999). Chameleons: Nature's Hidden Jewels. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company.