Rhampholeon bruessoworum

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 Superclassis: 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 bruessoworum Branch, Bayliss & Tolley: 28

Holotype: PEM R20375, adult ♀, collected by J. Bayliss on 5 September 2009.
Type locality: “in a small patch of wet forest at the base of a granite inselberg of Mt. Inago, Zambézia Province, Mozambique (15°04'51”S 37°23'37”E, ca 1478 m a.s.l.)”.

Branch, W.R., Bayliss, J. & Tolley, K.A. 2014. Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated ‘sky islands’ of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 3814(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.1 Reference page.

Tolley, K.A., Verburgt, L., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Farooq, H., Raimundo, A., Sardinha, C.I.V. & Bayliss, J. 2019. IUCN: Rhampholeon bruessoworum (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T61366030A149766721. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61366030A149766721.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.