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The BBC website has published a very interesting article based on the life cycle of Labord's chameleons (Furcifer labordi). These are the shortest living terrestrial vertebrates in the world only living 5 months and in that time going from a small hatching to fully mature adult. The animals die after breeding and for the 8 month dry season the whole population of these chameleons exists only as eggs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9398000/9398679.stm

the full research paper that forms the basis for this research is here

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/26/8980.abstract
 
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