Brookesia peyrierasi

Brookesia peyrierasi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Brookesia
Species:	B. peyrierasi
Binomial name
Brookesia peyrierasi Brygoo & Domergue, 1974

Brookesia peyrierasi is a species of diminutive chameleon, a lizard in the family 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 Journal of Zoology disputed a 1995 paper which considered this species and 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. Andreone F [in Italian], Andriamazava A, Anjeriniaina M, Glaw F, Jenkins RKB, Rabibisoa N, Rakotomalala D, Randrianantoandro JC, Randrianiriana J, Randrianizahana H, Ratsoavina F, Robsomanitrandrasana E (2014). "Brookesia peyrierasi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. IUCN: e.T172795A62660091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T172795A62660091.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (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).
• Glaw F, Vences M (1994). A Fieldguide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Second Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag / Serpents Tale. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3929449-01-3. (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.