Rhampholeon boulengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Rhampholeon boulengeri Steindachner, 1911: 178

Lectotype: NMW 16000-2, adult ♂, collected by Rudolph Grauer in 1908. [designated by Hughes et al. (2024: 463)]
Type locality: “aus dem Urwald hinter den Sandbergen des nordwestlichen Ufers des Tanganikasees, specified to “Mount Ugoma (04.00000° S, 28.75000° E, 2012 m elevation) in the southernmost part of the Itombwe Plateau, which is in the vicinity of Baraka (ca. 40 km) and Kabambare in modern-day South Kivu and Maniema Provinces, eastern DRC” by Hughes et al. (2024: 463).
Paralectotypes (n=2): NMW 16000-1, adult ♂, and NMW 16000-3, adult ♀, same data as for the lectotype.

Steindachner, F. 1911. Vorläufiger Bericht über drei neue Arten aus der Familie Chamaeleontidae. Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 10: 177–179. BHL
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.

Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira: Frankfurt. 256 pp.

Tolley, K. & Plumptre, A. 2014. IUCN: Rhampholeon boulengeri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172523A1344185. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172523A1344185.en. Accessed on 01 March 2026.