Current Events > Tiny chameleon with giant hemipenes found

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Linky: WARNING CONTAINS CHAMELEON WANG
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/13122164

Two individuals of the species, called Brookesia nana for its nano size, were discovered in a degraded rainforest in Madagascar in 2012.
The male measured 21.6 millimetres from snout to tail (a shade longer than the width of an Australian 5-cent coin) and the female was significantly larger, measuring 28.9mm end to end (closer to the width of a 20-cent coin).
Unveiling their find in Scientific Reports last week, researchers wrote the individuals may belong to "the world's smallest reptile species".
(The previous record-holders were a West Indian gecko and a different Madagascan chameleon.)
The pair were believed to be mature adults due to the presence of eggs in the female lizard's body, plus a fully developed and unusually large hemipenes on the male.
Hemipenes are a pair of penis-like reproductive organs found in male snakes and lizards.
And B. nana's hemipenes were almost 20 per cent as long as its body, the researchers found.

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coming soon: furry artist field day

Probably bought some of those sketchy hemipenis enlargement pills

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Maybe they are mutants

mobilebloechel posted...

I'm not gonna start saying "hung like a tiny chameleon. "

But I will

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He's big where it counts

Also I regret looking at those genitals. What the fuck

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