📸 PhotoPhoto: Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend, Miguel Vences · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Nosy Hara Leaf Chameleon
Brookesia micra (Nosy Hara Leaf Chameleon · ミクロヒメカメレオン)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A male's maximum snout-to-vent length of 16 mm is smaller than the diameter of a Korean 100-won coin (about 24 mm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its total length of under 30 mm is about the diameter of a single Korean 500-won coin (about 26.5 mm) including the tail (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Nosy Hara Leaf Chameleon is a tiny leaf chameleon known only from the island of Nosy Hara in northern Madagascar.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a tiny body with a maximum snout-to-vent length of 16 mm in males and a total length including the tail of under 30 mm in both sexes.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It is active by day on weathered limestone rocks and dry forest leaf litter, and sleeps at night on low plant stems. It is presumed to be oviparous.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List NT (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42687009/176092455
- • IUCN Red List category NT — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — NDRJ
- • iucnredlist.org — 176092455
- • wikidata.org — Q232278
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Brookesia micra female.jpg
- • journals.plos.org — article
- • reptile-database.reptarium.cz — species
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — T. Michael Keesey (from a photograph by Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend & Miguel Vences) · CC BY 3.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.