“Chapman’s pygmy chameleon is a relatively small species with a body type that allows it to mimic leaves,” Anderson told mongabay.com. “These species forage in leaf litter during the ...

The surveys focused on a group of pygmy chameleons, also known as the Rhampholeon group. These small lizards usually live on the forest floor and “exhibit traits closely mimicking a dead leaf ...

Chapman's Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum), which ... particularly arboreal but walk about on the forest floor in the leaf litter, crawling up into low bushes at night to sleep.

Madagascar’s remarkable chameleon’s include the world’s smallest: the micro leaf chameleon (Brookesia ... Chapman’s pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum). Not seen in 15 years, the ...

But the real masters of colourful display are the chameleons. In Madagascar, David meets the smallest in the world – the minute pygmy leaf chameleon. In Malawi, there is a joust between two ...

As darkness fell across a forest in Uganda, scientists grabbed their flashlights and ventured out. Searching the trees, they found a “large” pregnant creature perched on a branch. The team ...

It is also one of the smallest vertebrates ever discovered. The leaf chameleon grows to just 0.5 inches (16 millimeters) and can sit comfortably on the head of a match. Unlike other animals ...

They captured two animals and, after taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a new species: Brookesia nofy, or the Nofy leaf chameleon. Nofy leaf chameleons are considered “very small ...

Scientists found a pregnant animal in forests of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Wandege M. Muninga, shared by Daniel F.