A new chameleon species may be the world’s tiniest reptile

Found in Madagascar, Brookesia nana is less than 30 millimeters long

Brookesia nana chameleon on a person's thumb

Meet Brookesia nana, potentially the world’s smallest reptile. This chameleon, found in northern Madagascar, is tiny enough to comfortably fit on the tip of a finger.

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Hidden beneath the leaf litter of a northern Malagasy forest lives a chameleon so slight that it could tumble off the tip of your finger.