Leaf chameleon
Brookesia desperata Glaw, Köhler, Townsend & Vences, 2012
Status not recordedlizards
The leaf chameleon (Brookesia desperata) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 624.5 mg and reach 2.88 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the leaf chameleon
- Weight
- 624.5 mgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 2.88 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- 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 leaf chameleon?
Where does the leaf chameleon live?
Not recorded
Is the 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 leaf chameleon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusBrookesia
- SpeciesBrookesia desperata Glaw, Köhler, Townsend & Vences, 2012
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Desperate leaf chameleonEnglish
Relatives of the 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
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the leaf chameleon?
An adult leaf chameleon weighs 624.5 mg and measures 2.88 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the leaf chameleon?
The leaf chameleon (Brookesia desperata) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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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