<p><strong>Speckled with what looks like glam rock makeup, the chameleon <em>Furcifer timoni</em> was recently discovered on the species-rich African island nation of <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/madagascar-guide/">Madagascar</a>, according to a WWF report released Monday. (<a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/chameleons/">See chameleon pictures.</a>)</strong></p><p>Finding the colorful new chameleon was "very surprising," since the northern <a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/rainforest-profile/">rain forests</a> where it was found have been repeatedly and intensively surveyed for <a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/">reptiles</a>, according to the conservation group. A total of 11 new chameleon species have been described since 1999.</p><p>(Related: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100901-tarzan-chameleon-tarzanville-forest-science-environment/">"Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest, Near Tarzanville."</a>)</p><p>The WWF report,<em> Treasure Island: New Biodiversity in Madagascar</em>, describes 615 new species found on the world's fourth largest island between 1999 and 2010.</p><p>Most of the newfound species have no official conservation status because they're so new. Yet all face grave danger due to rampant deforestation following a 2009 political coup, conservationists say.</p><p>"Species are going extinct before we can discover them,” said Nanie Ratsifandrihamanana of <a href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/madagascar/">WWF Madagascar</a>.</p><p><em>—Dave Mosher</em></p>