Rhampholeon viridis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Rhampholeon viridis Mariaux & Tilbury, 2006: 322

Holotype: NMZB 16905 (field tag CT 119), ♂, collected by Colin and Douglas Tilbury on 4 July 2001.
Type locality: “Tanga region, South Pare mountains, from a patch of forest next to the Hingili stream, just north of the Shengena Mountain FR [4°14'50" S, 37°59'28" E], 1450 m”.

Mariaux, J. & Tilbury, C.R. 2006. The pygmy chameleons of the eastern Arc range (Tanzania): Evolutionary relationships and the description of three new species of Rhampholeon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Herpetological Journal 16(3): 315–331. PDF Reference page.

Tolley, K., Menegon, M. & Plumptre, A. 2014. IUCN: Rhampholeon viridis (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T42760305A42760312. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T42760305A42760312.en. Accessed on 03 February 2026.