TIL the smallest known reptile in the world is a chameleon
Pictured here is Brookesia nana, discovered in 2021 in Madagascar
Photo by Frank Glaw (herpetologist)
Measuring just shy of 14 millimetres, B. nana can perch cozily on an aspirin tablet.
For nine years, Brookesia micra, a cousin of B. nana described in 2012, clung to the title of tiniest chameleon. B. nana is smaller than B. micra in body size, measured from snout to cloacal opening at the base of the tail. But it sports a longer tail. Differences in how size is determined make it complicated to definitively claim that a species is the planet’s littlest.
Read more here: https://india.mongabay.com/2021/03/newly-described-chameleon-from-madagascar-may-be-worlds-smallest-reptile/
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The smallest reptile that we know about.
True! I’ll edit the title;)
That's it's biological decoy. Like the angler fish. The actual reptile is a Kaiju
I vote for this version of Earth. I rather be killed by Kaiju than global warming
Right?! At least then we make our last stand in an epic showdown in Titanic mech suits.
At the bottom of the ocean with Leonard DiCaprio?
Please tell me they used a banana for scale
B. Nana is its own measure unit.
Yeah! How do I know that isn't just a really big finger?
Always using bananas for scale....but never in pajamas!
It's clearly a normal chameleon disguised as a small one.
I love chameleons
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I've heard they come and go, they come and go.
::: spoiler they’re starting to shapeshift! /j :::