Brygoo's chameleon
Brookesia brygooi Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995
Status not recordedlizards
The brygoo's chameleon (Brookesia brygooi) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.76 g and reach 4.9 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the brygoo's chameleon
- Weight
- 2.76 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 4.9 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2 – 5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 12 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 4src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the brygoo's chameleon?
Where does the brygoo's chameleon live?
Not recorded
Is the brygoo's 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 brygoo's chameleon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusBrookesia
- SpeciesBrookesia brygooi Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Brygoo's leaf chameleonEnglish
- Brygoo’s chameleonEnglish
- 拜高變色龍Chinese
Relatives of the brygoo's 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
CompareBrygoo's chameleon vs Leaf chameleonBrygoo's chameleon vs Minute leaf chameleonBrygoo's chameleon vs Nano chameleonBrygoo's chameleon vs Antsingy leaf chameleon
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brygoo's chameleon?
An adult brygoo's chameleon weighs 2.76 g and measures 4.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the brygoo's chameleon?
The brygoo's chameleon (Brookesia brygooi) 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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CreatureData. (2026). Brygoo's chameleon (Brookesia brygooi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brookesia-brygooi
“Brygoo's chameleon (Brookesia brygooi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/brookesia-brygooi.
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
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