Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps compex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated ‘ sky islands’ of northern Mozambique
Author
Branch, William R.
Author
Bayliss, Julian
Author
Tolley, Krystal A.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3814
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journal article
36839
10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.1
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1175-5326
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Rhampholeon
(
Rhinodigitum
)
platyceps
Günther, 1892
.
Mount Mulanje Pygmy Chameleon
Synonomy:
Brookesia platyceps
Loveridge 1933
Brookesia platyceps platyceps
Loveridge 1953
Brookesia platyceps carri
Loveridge 1953
Rhampholeon
(
Rhinodigitum
)
platyceps
Matthee, Tilbury & Townsend 2004
.
Holotype
: Adult female (
BMNH
1946.8.21.73), collected by A. White.
Type
locality (by subsequent designation,
Stevens 1974
): Mt. Mulanje, southern
Malawi
.
Variation in adult coloration of an adult male (
Fig. 4
A) and adult female (
Fig. 4
B), and evergreen forest habitat in the Lichenya plateau region, are shown (
Fig. 4
C). For full details of morphology, hemipenial structure, biology and habitat see
Tilbury (2010)
.