Rhampholeon tilburyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 tilburyi Branch, Bayliss & Tolley: 25

Holotype: PEM R14921, adult ♀, collected by a local guide on 30 November 1998.
Type locality: “Ukalini Forest that nestles under the south face of the main Namuli peak, Namuli Massif, Zambézia Province, Mozambique (15°22'S 37°04'E, ca 1550 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., Alexander, G.J., Conradie, W., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L., Raimundo, A. & Sardinha, C.I.V. 2019. IUCN: Rhampholeon tilburyi (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T61365811A149767450. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61365811A149767450.en. Accessed on 02 March 2026.