Rhampholeon spectrum

Bothrolycus ater

Rhampholeon spectrum — distribution map

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 spectrum

Name

Rhampholeon spectrum (Buchholz, 1874)

Type locality: Limbé und Bonjongo, Kamerun. Restricted to Bojongo (Mertens 1938).

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo spectrum Buchholz 1874: 298
• Rhampholeon affinis Steindachner 1911: 178
• Brookesia spectrum spectrum – Loveridge 1951: 182
• Brookesia spectrum – Mertens 1966: 3

References

• Buchholz, R. 1874. Bemerkungen über die im Cameroongebiet vorkommenden Arten von Chamäleonen. Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., Berlin 1874: 77–89.
• Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 256 pp. review in Elaphe 14 (1): 24].
• Matthee, C.; Tilbury, C.R. & Townsend, T. 2004. A phylogenetic review of the African leaf chameleons: genus Rhampholeon (Chamaeleonidae): the role of vicariance and climate change in speciation. Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) B271: 1967–1975.
• Rhampholeon spectrum at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

čeština: Brokesie listová
English: Cameroon Stumptail Chameleon