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Brookesia

genus of chameleons
Taxon taxon Q133154

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
taxon
CITES Appendix
Appendix II of CITES[7]
Endemic to
Madagascar[4]
Location of discovery
Ankarana Special Reserve[5]
Named after
Joshua Brookes[2]
Parent taxon
Brookesiinae[3]
Taxon name
Brookesia[6]
Taxon rank
genus[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Brookesia ar حرباء ورقية fi maakameleontit fr Brookésies he זיקונית nl Brookesia nl kortstaartkameleons ru Brookesia ru Брукезии th บรู๊คเคเซีย uk Брукезія zh 变色龙属 zh 布避役属 zh 枯葉變色龍屬 zh-hant 變色龍屬
🔖 Identifiers · 16
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Antsingy Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia perarmata) (captive specimen) (9671447065).jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Brookesia
Catalogue of Life ID
CCWMD
Encyclopedia of Life ID
35501
Freebase ID
/m/01w01b
GBIF taxon ID
2449310
INaturalist taxon ID
32916
IRMNG ID
1010610
ITIS TSN
208970
KBpedia ID
Brookesia
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780884900
NCBI taxonomy ID
91903
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Open Tree of Life ID
824519
Topic's main category
Category:Brookesia
UMLS CUI
C1041310
Yale LUX ID
concept/6636adeb-7874-409b-a0d3-8c8b25f8edb5

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🔗 Connections
← Parent taxon 32
Brookesia micra, Brookesia minima, antsingy leaf chameleon, Brookesia nana, brown leaf chameleon, Brookesia stumpffi, Brookesia decaryi, Brookesia peyrierasi +24 more
Endemic to 1
Madagascar
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Brookesiinae
Taxon rank 1
genus
Topic's main category 1
Category:Brookesia
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Brookesia
← FactGrid item ID 1
Saint-Martin-de-Lamps
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · 高晶 · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    CITES Appendix → Appendix II of CITES
    Aliases → —
    Taxon rank → genus
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Joshua Brookes"
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