Mongabay Reports: Lost chameleon reappears
The rare Champman's pygmy chameleon has been missing in the wild for over two decades. First described in 1992, it was finally seen in a dwindling patch of rainforest in the Malawi Hills in 2016. Researchers say there are likely more. However, they are unable to travel the long distances between the shrinking patches of their forest home.\xa0 Scientists' findings of the rare chameleon call for conservation of the chameleon's habitat, which has seen an 80% deforestation rate over the past 40 years.\xa0
This episode features the popular article, "Rare pygmy chameleon, lost to science, found in dwindling Malawi forest," by Liz Kimbrough:
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Photo Credit: Chapman\u2019s pygmy chameleon by Krystal Tolley
Liz Kimbrough\xa0is a staff writer for Mongabay. Find her on Twitter:\xa0@lizkimbrough_