Bonsi leaf chameleon
Brookesia bonsi Ramanantsoa, 1980
Status not recordedlizards
The bonsi leaf chameleon (Brookesia bonsi) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Madagascar.
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Quick facts about the bonsi leaf chameleon
- Weight
- up to 1.74 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 3.8 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the bonsi leaf chameleon live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The bonsi leaf chameleon is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the bonsi leaf chameleon endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the bonsi leaf chameleon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusBrookesia
- SpeciesBrookesia bonsi Ramanantsoa, 1980
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Namoroka leaf chameleonEnglish
Relatives of the bonsi leaf chameleon
Other species in the same genus Brookesia.
Leaf chameleon
Brookesia micra
Minute leaf chameleon
Brookesia minima
Nano chameleon
Brookesia nana
Antsingy leaf chameleon
Brookesia perarmata
Brown leaf chameleon
Brookesia superciliaris
Plated leaf chameleon
Brookesia stumpffi
CompareBonsi leaf chameleon vs Leaf chameleonBonsi leaf chameleon vs Minute leaf chameleonBonsi leaf chameleon vs Nano chameleonBonsi leaf chameleon vs Antsingy leaf chameleon
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the bonsi leaf chameleon live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the bonsi leaf chameleon for 1 country: Madagascar. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the bonsi leaf chameleon?
The bonsi leaf chameleon (Brookesia bonsi) belongs to the family Chamaeleonidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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