A pair of hemipenes are exposed when it's time for chameleon hanky panky, and the nano-chameleon's hemipenes are exceptionally large, Glaw's team found.

(Glaw et al. 2021) According to herpetologist Mark Scherz, who was an author on the paper and who tweeted a thread about the discovery, chameleon hemipenes are complex and unique, and as such ...

The chameleon, found in Madagascar, has hemipenes measuring 0.09 inches at full potential, or roughly one-tenth its entire body size. In fact, since length is measured by torso, it’s more like ...

The smallest known reptile in the world can fit on your fingertip. It’s known as Brookesia nana, or “nano-chameleon,” and it’s a blotchy brown lizard that usually doesn’t surpass an inch ...

With a body size of just 0.53 inches, this adult male, the so-called nano-chameleon (Brookesia nana), is the smallest known adult animal among all the world's 11,500 known reptile species. Frank ...

This tiny chameleon has male genitals almost 20 per cent as long as its body and may be the world's smallest reptile. Scientists say it's "pushing the limits of how small vertebrates can go".

Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile. ... which in chameleons come in pairs known as hemipenes.

The Madagascar chameleon Brookesia nana measures half an inch long, and may be critically endangered. ... until it's time to mate. B. nana's hemipenes measured 0.1 inches ...