"The new chameleon is only known from a degraded montane rainforest in northern Madagascar and might be threatened by extinction," as per the Scientific Reports journal. "This tiny new chameleon ...

The smallest known reptile in the world can fit on your fingertip. It's known as Brookesia nana, or "nano-chameleon," and it's a blotchy brown lizard that usually doesn't surpass an inch in body ...

The male of a newly discovered species named Brookesia nana may be the smallest adult reptile ever found. Frank Glaw (SNSB / ZSM) Researchers discovered what may be the smallest reptile on the planet ...

Researchers have found a minuscule chameleon in Northern Madagascar, which they believe to be the smallest reptile on the planet. Small body, big attitude—just look at that face. The chameleon is ...

'We discovered it in the mountains of northern of Madagascar,' Frank Glaw, curator of herpetology at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, told AFP ...

This picture taken in 2012 in Munich, Germany shows a newly discovered species of chameleon which is a contender for the title of world's smallest reptile. Scientists from Madagascar and Germany ...

Scientists have identified Earth's smallest known reptile, warning at the same time that sustained destruction of forests in northern Madagascar threatens its survival. Tiny enough to perch ...

Tiny enough to perch comfortably on a fingertip, the ultra-compact chameleon -- dubbed Brookesia nana -- has the same proportions and world-weary expression as its larger cousins around the world ...