在馬達加斯加，因遊客拍的照片，爬行學家發現了一種新的小變色龍𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘧𝘺！爬行學家在網路上發現了這張在馬達加斯加沿海森林拍攝的照片；然後他們去調查並收集了該物種的第一個正式樣本。由於森林砍伐及人類活動，這些沿海雨林只剩下約 10%。這種新物種得以倖存的原因之一是因為一小片森林位於一間酒店經營的私人保護區內，該酒店的負責人在過去 20 年裡一直沒有對這片地區進行開發而得以保存。

A new tiny chameleon 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘧𝘺 was discovered in Madagascar thanks to photo taken by tourist! herpetologists found this photo taken in Madagascar’s coastal forests online; they then went over to investigate and collected the first official sample of this species. Only around 10% of these coastal rainforest remain there because of deforestation and human activity. one of the reasons this new species survive is because a small area of the forest located in a private reserve operated by a hotel, whose owners leave it untouched for the past 20 years.

https://interestingengineering.com/photo-story/madagascar-33-mm-tiny-chameleon-species-discovered