Rhampholeon monteslunae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

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

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Brookesiinae
Genus: Rhampholeon
Species: Rhampholeon monteslunae

Name

Rhampholeon monteslunae Hughes, Behangana, Tilbury, Dehling, Kusamba & Greenbaum in Hughes et al., 2024: 482

• Holotype: UTEP 22735 (field no. ELI 2854), adult ♀, collected by D.F. Hughes, E. Greenbaum and M. Behangana on 1 June 2014.
• Type locality: “Uganda, Western Region, Rwenzururu sub-region, Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Nyakalengija entrance, 00.36029° N, 30.00922° E, 1942 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Hughes, D.F., Behangana, M., Lukwago, W., Menegon, M., Dehling, J.M., Wagner, P., Tilbury, C.R., South, T., Kusamba, C. & Greenbaum, E. 2024. Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa’s Albertine Rift. Zootaxa 5458(4): 451–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.4.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Mountains of the Moon Pygmy Chameleon