Toothed leaf chameleon
Brookesia dentata Mocquard, 1900
Status not recordedlizards
The toothed leaf chameleon (Brookesia dentata) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the toothed leaf chameleon
- Weight
- up to 446.7 mgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 2.3 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
- Not recorded
Where does the toothed leaf chameleon live?
Not recorded
Is the toothed 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 toothed leaf chameleon classified?
Relatives of the toothed 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.
What kind of animal is the toothed leaf chameleon?
The toothed leaf chameleon (Brookesia dentata) 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). Toothed leaf chameleon (Brookesia dentata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/toothed-leaf-chameleon
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