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Domergue's leaf chameleon

Brookesia thieli Brygoo & Domergue, 1969

Status not recordedlizards

The domergue's leaf chameleon (Brookesia thieli) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.17 g and reach 4.5 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the domergue's leaf chameleon

Weight
2.17 gsrc for Weight
Length
4.5 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
111 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 11src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
5 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the domergue's leaf chameleon?

DOMERGUE'S LEAF CHAMELEON · LENGTH 4.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.5 cm, the recorded maximum length of the domergue's leaf chameleon is about 2.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the domergue's leaf chameleon live?

Not recorded

Is the domergue's 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 domergue's leaf chameleon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyChamaeleonidae
  6. genusBrookesia
  7. SpeciesBrookesia thieli Brygoo & Domergue, 1969

Synonyms Brookesia antoetrae

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • brokesie ThielovaCzech
  • Ambodimanga-stumphalekamæleonDanish
  • Thiels ErdchamäleonGerman
  • 蒂里姬避役Chinese

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Relatives of the domergue's leaf chameleon

Other species in the same genus Brookesia.

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Common questions

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How big is the domergue's leaf chameleon?

An adult domergue's leaf chameleon weighs 2.17 g and measures 4.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the domergue's leaf chameleon?

The domergue's leaf chameleon (Brookesia thieli) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Domergue's leaf chameleon (Brookesia thieli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/domergues-leaf-chameleon

MLA

“Domergue's leaf chameleon (Brookesia thieli).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/domergues-leaf-chameleon.

BibTeX
@misc{domergues_leaf_chameleon_2026,
  title = {Domergue's leaf chameleon (Brookesia thieli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/domergues-leaf-chameleon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}