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Furcifer minor (Lesser Chameleon)

Synonyms: Brookesia minor; Chamaeleon minor

Wikipedia Abstract

The lesser chameleon (Furcifer minor) is a species of lizard in the Chamaeleonidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. It is threatened by habitat loss as a result of mining and logging.
View Wikipedia Record: Furcifer minor

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Furcifer minor

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar subhumid forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0