Camouflage is a useful trait for both predators and prey, but it may be a pain in the neck for field biologists trying to increase their taxonomic contributions. When you’re dealing with an animal the size of your fingertip, like the chameleon detailed in a new study published in Scientific Reports, finding new species becomes much more challenging.

It may be claimed that this species makes up for its lack of size with “quite enormous” genitals, as described by the researchers. Male chameleons frequently tuck their genitals, known as hemipenes, in for protection. A man may occasionally “air out the bits” by flexing them around, and they may also get them out for mating. The hemipenes of B. nana are around 18.5 percent of its body size when out and proud.The new species is barely the size of your fingertip. Image courtesy of Frank Glaw