Dwarf chameleon
Brookesia exarmata Schimmenti & Jesu, 1996
Status not recordedlizards
The dwarf chameleon (Brookesia exarmata) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 300 mg and reach 2.45 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the dwarf chameleon
- Weight
- 300 mgsrc for Weight
- Length
- 2.29 cm – 2.45 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
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the dwarf chameleon?
Where does the dwarf chameleon live?
Not recorded
Is the dwarf 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 dwarf chameleon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusBrookesia
- SpeciesBrookesia exarmata Schimmenti & Jesu, 1996
Other names and names in other languages (2)
- Antsingy unarmed leaf chameleonEnglish
- Exarmata leaf chameleonEnglish
Relatives of the dwarf 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
CompareDwarf chameleon vs Leaf chameleonDwarf chameleon vs Minute leaf chameleonDwarf chameleon vs Nano chameleonDwarf chameleon vs Antsingy leaf chameleon
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the dwarf chameleon?
An adult dwarf chameleon weighs 300 mg and measures 2.29 cm – 2.45 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the dwarf chameleon?
The dwarf chameleon (Brookesia exarmata) 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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