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Brookesia is a genus of chameleons found in Madagascar, considered to be the world's smallest chameleons. However, there is one species of chameleon, unique to Malawi's Mount Mulanje that is around 1-1.5 cm long. Most species in the genus were only identified to science within the last three decades and do not even have common names. They inhabit very small ranges in difficult to access areas, and due to their small size and secretive nature, they have been relatively poorly studied compared to their larger relatives. There are currently 26 recognized species in the genus.
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- Brookesia ambreensis (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Brookesia antakarana (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Brookesia bekolosy (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Brookesia betschi (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
- Brookesia bonsi (Ramanantsoa, 1980)
- Brookesia brygooi (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Brookesia decaryi (Angel, 1939)
- Brookesia dentata (Mocquard, 1900)
- Brookesia ebenaui (Boettger, 1880)
- Brookesia exarmata (Schimmenti & Jesu, 1996)
- Brookesia griveaudi (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974)
- Brookesia karchei (Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970)
- Brookesia lambertoni (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970]]
- Brookesia lineata (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Brookesia lolontany (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995)
- Brookesia minima (Boettger, 1893)
- Brookesia nasus (Boulenger, 1887)
- Brookesia perarmata (Angel, 1933)
- Brookesia peyrierasi (Brygoo & Domergue, 1974)
- Brookesia stumpffi (Boettger, 1894)
- Brookesia superciliaris (Kuhl, 1820)
- Brookesia therezieni (Brygoo & Domergue, 1970)
- Brookesia thieli (Brygoo & Domergue, 1969)
- Brookesia tuberculata (Mocquard, 1894)
- Brookesia vadoni (Brygoo & Domergue, 1968)
- Brookesia valerieae (Raxworthy, 1991)
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