Rhampholeon platyceps

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 platyceps Günther, 1893: 556

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.73, adult ♀.
Type locality: “Shiré Highlands, south of Lake Nyassa, principally upon Mount Zomba and Monut Milanji”, restricted to “Mulanje Mountain, Malawi” by Stevens (1974: 13).

Brookesia platyceps carri Loveridge, 1953: 194
- Holotype: AMNH 67823, adult ♀, collected by Dr. L.J. Brass between 24 June and 18 July 1946.
- Type locality: “Lichenya Plateau, 6000 feet, Mlanje Mountain, Nyasaland”.

Günther, A. 1893. Report on a collection of reptiles and batrachians transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C. B., from Nyassaland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 555–558. BHL
Loveridge, A. 1953. Zoological Results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 110(3): 141–322. BHL

Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira: Frankfurt. 256 pp.
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. 2014. IUCN: Rhampholeon platyceps (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172532A1344495. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172532A1344495.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.