(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a chameleon species that spends a good two-thirds of its life inside an egg: Furcifer labordi lives about 8-9 months as an embryo, and has a post ...

With an out-of-egg lifespan of just four to five months, the chameleon Furcifer labordi leads a briefer life than any other reptile, amphibian, mammal or bird. After a prolonged incubation ...

The Labord's chameleon (Furcifer labordi) was filmed in the Kirindy Forest in western Madagascar. This species has one of the shortest known life spans of any four-legged vertebrate, living just ...

Scientists have identified the world's shortest-lived four-legged animal. Known as Furcifer labordi, the six-inch-long chameleon from Madagascar takes just one year to go from fertilized egg to ...

Now, in the dry south-west corner of Madagascar, scientists have discovered the lizard equivalent of the mayfly – Labord’s chameleon (Furcifer Labordi). The lifespan of Labord’s chameleon is ...

You could find juveniles, and everything was sort of what I expected. And then in this species, Furcifer labordi, I got there and I found nothing but adults. I couldn't find any juveniles whatsoever.

With just three frantic months between hatching and dying, Furcifer labordi is the shortest-lived four-legged animal -- but the ephemeral chameleon is a veritable Methuselah compared to the ...

For instance, the Labord's chameleon (Furcifer labordi), another Madagascar native, hatches in November, matures, lays eggs and is dead by March. Researchers knew that Voelzkow's chameleons would ...

The species is Furcifer labordi, shown at right, and it lives in some of the drier regions of Madagascar. The authors spent a couple of years tracking it in the field, catching and releasing ...