Brookesia tristis is a species of chameleons.

It is endemic to Montagne des Français, Madagascar, and is an endangered species due to the decline of its habitat.

[1] It was named after the French word "triste" meaning sad to provoke thought regarding the threatened habitat of Madagascar's micro-endemic species.

B. Triste was first found in an isolated patch of forest near an expanding city in 2012 by a research team led by Dr. Frank Glaw from the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.

[2] This chameleon article is a stub.