Rhampholeon hattinghi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Brookesiinae
Genus: Rhampholeon
Subgenus: Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum)
Species: Rhampholeon hattinghi

Name

• Rhampholeon hattinghi Tilbury & Tolley, 2015: 355

Holotype: PEM-R19194, adult ♂ with everted hemipenes, collected by C. Tilbury and Isak Hattingh on 21 March 2010.

Type locality: “from path side vegetation at 1700 metres a.s.l., Mount Nzawa, Moba District, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (6°51.07’ S; 29°35.87’ E)”.

References

Primary references

• Tilbury, C.R. & Tolley, K.A. 2015. Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Albertine Rift: Two new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from an isolated montane forest, south eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa 3905(3): 345–364. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Rhampholeon hattinghi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2019.
• Tolley, K. & Tilbury, C. 2015. IUCN: Rhampholeon hattinghi  (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T75976755A75976771. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T75976755A75976771.en