Rhampholeon spinosus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Acrodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Brookesiinae
Genus: Rhampholeon
Species: Rhampholeon spinosus
Name
[edit]Rhampholeon spinosus (Matschie, 1892)
Type locality: Derema, Usambara Mts., Tanzania.
Synonyms
[edit]- Chamaeleon spinosus Matschie 1892
- Bradypodion spinosum — Necas 1999: 276
- Rhampholeon spinosum — Necas & Schmidt 2004
References
[edit]- Matschie, P.1892. Über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren und Reptilien, welche Herr L. Conradt aus Usambara (Deutsch Ostafrika) heimgebracht hat. Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde, Berlin (1892): 101–110.
- Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Mysterious Mini-Dragons: the stump-tailed chameleons Brookesia and Rhampholeon. Reptilia (GB) (35): 10–21.
- Mariaux, Jean and Colin R. Tilbury. 2006. The pygmy chameleons of the eastern Arc range (Tanzania): Evolutionary relationships and the description of three new species of Rhampholeon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal 16(3): 315–331.
- Rhampholeon spinosus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 Mar 2008.
- IUCN: Rhampholeon spinosus (Endangered)