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Fito Leaf Chameleon

Brookesia lambertoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

geographic distribution of Brookesia lambertoni (Native: Madagascar)

geographic distribution of Brookesia lambertoni (Native: Madagascar)

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Open encyclopedia reference

Brookesia lambertoni, commonly known as the Fito leaf chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Fito in eastern Madagascar. It was first described in 1970 by Édouard-Raoul Brygoo and Charles Antoine Domergue. It is rated as Data Deficient (DD) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), as not enough data on the species have been collected to judge its conservation status.

Wikipedia contributors, Brookesia lambertoni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:06.951262+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Brookesia lambertoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970
Name authority
Brygoo & Domergue, 1970
Common name
Fito Leaf Chameleon
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Chamaeleonidae
Genus
Brookesia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderIguania
  11. familyChamaeleonidae
  12. genusBrookesia
  13. speciesBrookesia lambertoni Brygoo & Domergue, 1970

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Brookesia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Brookesia betschi Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1974ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia ramanantsoai Brygoo & Domergue, 1975ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia tedi Scherz, Köhler, Rakotoarison, Glaw & Vences, 2019ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia nana Glaw, Köhler, Hawlitschek, Ratsoavina, Rakotoarison, Scherz & Vences, 2021ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia nofy Rakotoarison, Hasiniaina, Glaw & Vences, 2024ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia antakarana Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia bonsi Ramanantsoa, 1980ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Spiny Leaf ChameleonBrookesia decaryi Angel, 1939ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Toothed Leaf ChameleonBrookesia dentata Mocquard, 1900ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia desperata Glaw, Köhler, Townsend & Vences, 2012ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Northem Leaf ChameleonBrookesia ebenaui (Boettger, 1880)ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Brookesia karchei Brygoo, Blanc & Domergue, 1970ChamaeleonidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Madagascar (Fito, east of Sihanaka)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Brookesia&species=lambertoni Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:68R6L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.