Rhampholeon nicolai

Rhampholeon nicolai

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
Species: Rhampholeon nicolai

Name

Rhampholeon nicolai Menegon, Lyakurwa, Loader & Tolley, 2022: 103

• Holotype: MTSN 5592, adult ♂, collected by Michele Menegon on 25 January 2004.
• Type locality: “Mamiwa Kisara North Forest Reserve in the Ukaguru Mountains, at 1970 m a.s.l. (-6.3716; 36.9248), Gairo District, Morogoro Region of Tanzania”.

References

Primary references

• Menegon, M., Lyakurwa, J.V., Loader, S.P. & Tolley, K.A. 2022. Cryptic diversity in pygmy chameleons (Chamaeleonidae: Rhampholeon) of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, with description of six new species. Acta Herpetologica 17(2): 85–113. DOI: 10.36253/a_h-12978 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nicolai's Pygmy Chameleon