Minor’s chameleon (Furcifer minor)

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Range

Restricted to southern-central Madagascar (1) (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Minor’s chameleons inhabit a range of vegetation types including tapia forest, which is dominated by the endemic Uapaca bojeri tree, and montane humid forest at elevations between 1,000 and 1,650 metres above sea level (1) (5). However, the species has also colonised coffee and cacao plantations (2) (5), and may now be more abundant in these habitats (5).