Yadira Estephania Chandomí Constantino.

Daniela Jacqueline Trejo Olvera.

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Chameleon
Brokesia nana
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Scientists discover a new
species of chameleons with a
tiny size north of the
rainforest of Madagascar.

This species of small reptiles

is officially known as
Brookesia nana, or B. nana
for short.

This is called a nano

chameleon and is about the
size of a sunflower seed, fits
on the tip of a finger, and
may be the smallest reptile on
Earth
This species is so
small that it is
believed to survive
by feeding on
mites and
collembola, which
 + Despite the recent discovery of this
+ There are several
chameleon, it is suspected that it will
species that are
threatened with soon be classified as critically
extinction: endangered.
-9 in critical danger.
-37 in danger of
extinction.
 + The habitat, the mountain forest, of the
little Brookesia nana is severely degraded.
Poverty and population growth have led to
the clearing of tropical forests to make room
for agriculture and livestock, this massive
deforestation affects around 90% of the
previously forested land of Madagascar

+ The main
threat to
chameleons is
the alteration of
their habitat or
forestation.
 + Chameleons with
large muscles can
project their
tongue up to two
body lengths.

Your
tongue
speed is 5.8 + Despite its small size, the
m / s reptile has a projectile tongue
approximat that it uses to hunt its prey.
ely 13
miles per + The tongue of chameleons
hour is a set of elastic bony