Rhampholeon chapmanorum

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 chapmanorum Tilbury, 1992

Holotype: BMNH 1988.399, adult ♂, collected by Colin and Sarah Tilbury on 12 August 1988.
Type locality: “evergreen forest at 940 m a.s.l. above the Chididi Police post (ex Mbeu Police post) on the top of Malawi Hill, Natundu Hills Range, southern Malawi (16°55′13″S, 35°11′50″E)”.

Tilbury, C.R. 1992. A new dwarf forest chameleon (Sauria: Rhampholeon Günther 1874) from Malawi, central Africa. Tropical Zoology 5(1): 1–9. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1992.10539176 Reference page.

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

Tolley, K.A. 2021. IUCN: Rhampholeon chapmanorum (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T172568A197246585. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T172568A197246585.en. Accessed on 04 February 2026.