Nadzikambia mlanjensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Holotype: NMZB-UM 4268.

Type locality: “Ruo Gorge Forest on Mljanje Mt., Malawi”.

Chamaeleo mlanjensis Broadley, 1965: 1 [original combination]
Bradypodion mlanjense — Necas, 1999: 275 [subsequent combination]
Nadzikambia mlanjense — Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006 [subsequent combination]
Nadzikambia mlanjensis — Tilbury, 2010: 430 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]

Broadley, D.G. 1965. A new chameleon from Malawi. Arnoldia (Rhodesia) 1(32): 1–3. Reference page.

Tilbury C.R., Tolley K.A. & Branch W.R. 2006. A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 1363: 23–38. Abstract & excerpt.
Tolley, K.A., Tilbury, C.R., Branch, W.R. & Matthee, C.A. 2004. Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30(2): 354–365.

English: Mlanje Mountain Chameleon