Brookesia tristis

Brookesia tristis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Brookesia
Species: B. tristis
Binomial name
Brookesia tristis
Glaw, Köhler, Townsend & Vences, 2012

Brookesia tristis is a species of chameleon. The species is endemic to Montagne des Français, Madagascar, and is an endangered species due to the decline of its habitat.[1] It was named after the french word "triste" meaning sad to provoke thought regarding the threatened habitat of Madagascar's micro-endemic species. B. Triste was first found in an isolated patch of forest near an expanding city in 2012 by a research team led by Dr. Frank Glaw from the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.[2]

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