Rieppeleon brachyurus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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: Rieppeleon
Species: Rieppeleon brachyurus

Name

Rieppeleon brachyurus (Günther, 1893)

Type locality: Shiré Highlands, south of Lake Nyassa, principally upon Mount Zomba and Mount Milanje, Nyassaland (= Malawi).

Holotype: (Syntypes): BMNH 1946.8.70—71 (2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Rhampholeon brachyurus Günther 1893
• Brookesia ionidesi Loveridge 1951: 179
• Rhampholeon brevicaudatus — Werner 1911: 46 (partim
• Brookesia brachyura — Loveridge 1951: 182
• Brookesia ionidesi Loveridge 1951: 179 (fide Broadley in Tilbury 1992: 7, and Broadley & Howell 1991: 14)

References

• Günther,A. 1893. Report on a collection of reptiles and batrachians transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C. B., from Nyassaland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1892: 555–558.
• Loveridge, A. 1951. On reptiles and amphibians from Tanganyika Territory collected by C.J.P. Ionides. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., Harvard 106 (4): 175- 204.
• Leptien, R. 2006. Mimese und Abwehrverhalten bei Stummelschwanzchamäleons. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (4): 5–6.
• Rieppeleon brachyurus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Beardless Pygmy Chameleon