taxonID	type	description	language	source
5D61C52FFB73D9C592987151DB94A4D9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A diminutive chameleon species assigned to the genus Brookesia on the basis of its small body size, short tail, crests of the head, dorsolateral spines and molecular relationships. Brookesia tedi sp. n. is morphologically characterised by the following unique suite of characters (n = 2 males): (1) SVL 15.3 - 18.2 mm; (2) TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92; (3) TL 29.5 - 31.7 mm; (4) HW / SVL 0.20 - 0.21; (5) 8 - 10 dorsolateral spines (when countable; sometimes spines are not or are only partly expressed, rendering them difficult to count); (6) distinct pelvic spine; (7) absence of lateral or dorsal spines on the tail; (8) presence of supraocular cone; (9) presence of supranasal cone; and (10) rather globular hemipenis with paired sets of small fleshy apical papillae. Within the genus Brookesia, B. tedi sp. n. can easily be distinguished from all species that are not members of the B. minima species group based on its diminutive size (SVL 15.3 - 18.2 mm vs minimum 34 mm). Within the B. minima species group, it can be distinguished from males of B. tristis by longer relative tail length (TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92 vs 0.71 - 0.72), presence of supraocular cone (vs. absence); from males of B. confidens by slightly smaller body size (SVL 15.3 - 18.2 vs 18.3 - 20.1 mm), longer relative tail length (TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92 vs 0.60 - 0.70), presence of supraocular cone (vs absence), and globular hemipenes (vs tubular); from males of B. micra by longer relative tail length (TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92 vs 0.47 - 0.49), slightly narrower relative head width (HW / SVL 0.20 - 0.21 vs 0.23), slightly smaller relative head height (HH / SVL 0.16 - 0.18 vs 0.19 - 0.20), and globular hemipenes with paired fleshy apical papillae (vs tubular hemipenes with apical combs of papillae); from males of B. desperata by smaller body size (SVL 15.3 - 18.2 vs 25.0 - 26.7 mm) and total length (TL 29.5 - 31.7 vs 39.7 - 42.9 mm), longer relative tail length (TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92 vs 0.59 - 0.63), absence of lateral tail spines (vs presence), fewer dorsolateral spines (8 - 10 when countable vs 12 - 14), and hemipenes with fleshy papillae (vs single spines on strongly bilobed apex); from the male holotype of B. exarmata as reported by Schimmen ti and Jesu (1996) by the presence of a supraocular cone (vs absence), slightly smaller relative head height (HH / SVL 0.16 - 0.18 vs 0.23), and slightly smaller total length (TL 29.5 - 31.7 vs 33.3 mm); from males of B. minima by slightly longer relative tail length (TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92 vs 0.65 - 0.73), slightly wider relative head width (HW / SVL 0.20 - 0.21 vs 0.16 - 0.19), presence of supraocular cone (vs absent), and presence of a distinct pelvic spine (vs absent or indistinct); from males of B. ramanantsoai by smaller body size (SVL 15.3 - 18.2 vs 21.7 mm) and total length (TL 29.5 - 31.7 vs 39.0 mm), and wider relative head width (HW / SVL 0.20 - 0.21 vs 0.16); from males of B. dentata by smaller total length (TL 29.5 - 31.7 vs 43 mm) and presence of supraocular cone (vs absent); from females of B. karchei (as reported by Glaw et al. 2012 a; no data from males are available) by longer relative tail length (TaL / SVL 0.74 - 0.92 vs 0.66), slightly wider relative head width (HW / SVL 0.20 - 0.21 vs 0.17), absence of lateral tail spines (vs presence), and fewer dorsolateral spines (8 - 10 when countable vs 13); and from males of B. tuberculata by smaller supraocular cone and globular hemipenis (vs tubular). Molecular data clearly identify B. peyrierasi as the sister species of B. tedi sp. n. (Figs 1, 2); from males of B. peyrierasi the new species is distinguished by smaller body size (SVL 15.3 - 18.2 vs 19.7 - 22.4 mm) and total length (TL 29.5 - 31.7 vs 34.2 - 39.8 mm), more distinct supraocular cone, and rather globular hemipenis lacking apical spines (vs tubular hemipenis with paired sets of apical spines; Fig. 6).	en	Scherz, Mark D., oehler, Joern, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Glaw, Frank, Vences, Miguel (2019): A new dwarf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from the Marojejy massif in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (1): 95-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32818, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32818
5D61C52FFB73D9C592987151DB94A4D9.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name is a patronym dedicated to Ted Townsend, in recognition of his important contributions to the phylogenetics and systematics of squamates, chameleons, and Brookesia in particular.	en	Scherz, Mark D., oehler, Joern, Rakotoarison, Andolalao, Glaw, Frank, Vences, Miguel (2019): A new dwarf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from the Marojejy massif in northern Madagascar. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (1): 95-106, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32818, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.32818
