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World Service,4 mins

Smallest reptile on earth discovered in Madagascar

Focus on Africa

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Scientists believe they may have found the smallest reptile on earth - a chameleon subspecies that is the size of a seed. It's as small as a fingernail - 13.5 millimetres long. It's called Brookesia nana... or B.Nana for short...Two of the tiny lizards were found by a German-Madagascan expedition team in Madagascar. The Âé¶¹Éç’s Victoria Uwonkunda has been speaking to one of those who found them - Dr Mark Scherz.

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