Endangered
Brookesia decaryi
Brookesia decaryi
Brookesia decaryi is a chameleon, that is endemic to Madagascar, and is ranked as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The leaf chameleon
It was initially described in 1939 by Fernand Angel.
Range and habitat
Brookesia decaryi can only be found on the island of Madagascar in Ankarafantsika National Park (Parc National d'Ankarafantsika), northwest Madagascar. Brookesia decaryi can only be found at elevations under 200 m (660 ft) above sea level. The species can be found over an area of 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) – the size of the Parc National d'Ankarafantsika – in dry forest.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Habits
Brookesia decaryi is diurnal (sleeps at night, awake in the day) and sleeps at a mean height of 0.17 metres (0.56 ft), mainly on small plants, logs (fallen), and small trees.
In crisis
Brookesia decaryi is classed as endangered by the IUCN, and the population might be decreasing. The spiny leaf chameleon is threatened by wood harvesting, fires, farming, and ranching.
Brookesia decaryi is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Brookesia decaryi, Wikidata item Q2705144. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
