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(
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<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC2FFE7FF21FD484062EACF" blockId="16.[151,745,638,698]" box="[151,519,673,698]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Mount Mabu Pygmy Chameleon</paragraph>
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(
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, p 179.
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sp.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCDFCABFFC2FFE7FDBFFCE24094EB6B" author="Timberlake" box="[521,753,776,798]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Timberlake, J. R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Dowsett, R. J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J. Harris, T., Kopp, M. & da Sousa, C. (2012) Mount Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15 / 036: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. pp. 94." type="journal article" year="2012">
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Timberlake
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. 2012
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, p 45;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFCDFCABFFC2FFE7FC83FCE24191EB6B" author="Bayliss" box="[821,1012,776,798]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" refString="Bayliss, J., Timberlake, J., Alves, T., Branch, W. R., Bruessow, C., Collins, S., Congdon, C., De Sousa, C., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Fishpool, L., Harris, T., Herrmann, E., Giogiardis, S. Liggitt, B., Monadjem, A., Patel, H., Spottiswoode, C., Taylor, P., Wilcocks, S., Ribeiro, D. & Smith, P. (2014) The discovery, biodiversity, and conservation of Mabu forest-the largest mid-altitude rainforest in southern Africa. Oryx, 48 (2), 177 - 185. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0030605313000720" type="journal article" year="2014">
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Bayliss
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. 2014
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, p 179.
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<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF21FCA04373EB16" bold="true" box="[151,278,842,867]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Etymology</emphasis>
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. The specific epithet derives from a combination of
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<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FCD0FCA641F6EB16" box="[870,915,844,867]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">mas</emphasis>
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(L. = man) and
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<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FBFAFCA646EAEB16" box="[1100,1167,844,867]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">pictus</emphasis>
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(L. = painted), alluding to the unusual bright colours of most males, which are often retained for long periods, even when sleeping at night.
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.
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The
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series comprises ten specimens all preserved in 50% propanol (except for one hatchling in 90% ethanol), including:
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. An adult male (
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R18072;
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<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC2FFE7FD2EFC3040BFEB86" box="[664,730,986,1011]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1906,1928]" captionTargetBox="[183,1366,204,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[175,1401,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 5. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Holotype, B—Allotype (W. R. Branch)" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286216/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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A, 6A) collected by a W.R. Branch, J. Bayliss & W. Conradie,
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<date id="FFE2A79AFFC2FFE7FF21FC15435BEC62" box="[151,318,1023,1047]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="2009-05-27">27 May 2009</date>
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, in the vicinity of the main forest base camp, Mt. Mabu, Zambézia Province,
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(
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,
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;
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a.s.l.).
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<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC2FFE7FF71FBAC4365ECF6" blockId="16.[151,1437,842,1983]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF71FBAC4341EC2A" box="[199,292,1094,1119]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Allotype</emphasis>
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. An adult female with a small ventral incision (
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R18061,
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<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC2FFE7FC55FBAC4641EC2A" box="[995,1060,1094,1119]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1906,1928]" captionTargetBox="[183,1366,204,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[175,1401,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 5. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Holotype, B—Allotype (W. R. Branch)" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286216/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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B, 5A), same collecting details as
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.
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<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC2FFE7FF71FB654071EC9A" blockId="16.[151,1437,842,1983]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
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<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF71FB65435CECD3" box="[199,313,1167,1190]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
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<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC2FFE7FF71FB65435CECD3" box="[199,313,1167,1190]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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. Eight specimens, comprising four males (
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R18059, 18073 (
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<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC2FFE7FBEAFB6446C2ECD2" box="[1116,1191,1166,1191]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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B), 18074-75), same collecting details as
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; three females (
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R18069-70, 18076), same collecting details as
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<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC2FFE7FB5BFB584736ECBE" box="[1261,1363,1202,1227]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
; and a hatchling (
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED4D199FFFC2FFE7FEB8FB3D432CEC9A" box="[270,329,1239,1263]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/xqn4-34sv" name="Port Elizabeth Museum" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">PEM</collectionCode>
|
||
R18068,
|
||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC2FFE7FE00FB3C439DEC9A" box="[438,504,1238,1263]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
C)
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC2FFE7FF71FB10401CED0A" blockId="16.[151,1437,842,1983]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF71FB1043C0ED66" box="[199,421,1274,1299]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Additional material</emphasis>
|
||
(used in analysis but not forming part of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC2FFE7FC0EFB11418DED66" box="[952,1000,1275,1299]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series):
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D5A4AD3FFC2FFE7FBFAFB11468DED66" box="[1100,1256,1274,1299]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="generic">13 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
, all from forest Camp region, Mt. Mabu, Zambezia Province,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F34BC1CAFFC2FFE7FD16FAF44151ED42" box="[672,820,1310,1335]" name="Mozambique" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
(16˚17'12"S, 36˚24'14"E;
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC2FFE7FBD6FAF546CBED42" box="[1120,1198,1311,1335]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000m</quantity>
|
||
a.s.l.);
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED4D199FFFC2FFE7FAB4FAF54759ED43" box="[1282,1340,1311,1334]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/xqn4-34sv" name="Port Elizabeth Museum" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">PEM</collectionCode>
|
||
R17130 (J. Bayliss,
|
||
<date id="FFE2A79AFFC2FFE7FE92FAA943A6ED2E" box="[292,451,1346,1371]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="2006-01">January 2006</date>
|
||
),
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED4D199FFFC2FFE7FE6DFAA94070ED2F" box="[475,533,1347,1370]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/xqn4-34sv" name="Port Elizabeth Museum" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">PEM</collectionCode>
|
||
R17911-12 (J. Bayliss,
|
||
<date id="FFE2A79AFFC2FFE7FC80FAA84187ED2E" box="[822,994,1346,1371]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" value="2009-04-16">16 April 2009</date>
|
||
),
|
||
<collectionCode id="ED4D199FFFC2FFE7FC4CFAA94651ED2F" box="[1018,1076,1347,1370]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/xqn4-34sv" name="Port Elizabeth Museum" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">PEM</collectionCode>
|
||
R18057-58, 18060, 18062-67, 18071, same collecting details as
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC2FFE7FDB9FA8C4010ED0A" box="[527,629,1382,1407]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC2FFE7FF71FA6047E1EDD6" blockId="16.[151,1437,842,1983]" box="[199,1412,1418,1443]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF71FA604359EDD6" bold="true" box="[199,316,1418,1443]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Meristics.</emphasis>
|
||
Measurements for the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC2FFE7FD88FA61400BEDD6" box="[574,622,1419,1443]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FD6DFA604188EDD6" box="[731,1005,1418,1443]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maspictus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FD6DFA604188EDD6" box="[731,1005,1418,1443]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rhampholeon maspictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FC42FA60462BEDD6" bold="true" box="[1012,1102,1418,1443]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21BE033FFC2FFE7FC42FA60462BEDD6" box="[1012,1102,1418,1443]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
are summarized in
|
||
<tableCitation id="C6DEB4E1FFC2FFE7FA9CFA6047E5EDD6" box="[1322,1408,1418,1443]" captionStart="TABLE 6" captionStartId="17.[151,239,152,175]" captionTargetBox="[151,1395,234,1336]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="TABLE 6. Measurements (mm) for the type series of Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov. from Mount Mabu, Mozambique (PEM: Port Elizabeth Museum)." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF23D1D2FFC3FFE6FF21FF724394E8BA" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" tableUuid="DF23D1D2FFC3FFE6FF21FF724394E8BA">Table 6</tableCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C346D2D1FFC2FFE7FF71FA4442BFEFCA" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC2FFE7FF71FA4442BFEFCA" blockId="16.[151,1437,842,1983]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF71FA44435FEDB2" bold="true" box="[199,314,1454,1479]" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Diagnosis</emphasis>
|
||
. The Mt. Mabu Pygmy Chameleon is referable to the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FC6DFA444612EDB2" box="[987,1143,1454,1479]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FC6DFA444612EDB2" box="[987,1143,1454,1479]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rhampholeon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(subgenus
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FAB2FA4447F9EDB2" box="[1284,1436,1454,1479]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rhinodigitum</emphasis>
|
||
Matthee
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FF4FFA3E434FED9E" box="[249,298,1490,1515]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2004) by possessing a short hemipenis that is almost bag-like, acalyculate and adorned with a pair of simple, curved apical “horns” with a variable number of thorn-like papillae arranged on the outer aspect of the horn; claws that are strongly bicuspid, smooth plantar surfaces, a rostral process, and short tail (<25% of total length in adult males). It can be distinguished from most other species in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FC60F9D44741EE22" authority="Rhinodigitum" authorityName="Rhinodigitum" box="[982,1316,1598,1623]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FC60F9D44617EE22" box="[982,1138,1598,1623]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rhampholeon</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FB34F9D4477EEE22" box="[1154,1307,1598,1623]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rhinodigitum</emphasis>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having deep inguinal (absent or indistinct in
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FDE3F98846F2EE0E" box="[597,1175,1634,1659]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FDE3F9884166EE0E" box="[597,771,1634,1659]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boulengeri">Rh. boulengeri</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FCA2F98841A1EE0E" box="[788,964,1634,1659]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nchisiensis">Rh. nchisiensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FC62F98846F2EE0E" box="[980,1175,1634,1659]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uluguruensis">Rh. uluguruensis</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FB68F988473BEE0E" box="[1246,1374,1634,1659]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moyeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FB68F988473BEE0E" box="[1246,1374,1634,1659]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. moyeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and axillary pits (also absent in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FE78F96C4012EEEA" box="[462,631,1670,1695]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nchisiensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FE78F96C4012EEEA" box="[462,631,1670,1695]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. nchisiensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). It differs from all other members of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FBF9F96C4682EEEA" box="[1103,1255,1670,1695]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FBF9F96C4682EEEA" box="[1103,1255,1670,1695]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. platyceps</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex by the bright green male breeding coloration, including blue flanks and side of head, and yellow throat, snout and eye ring (all of which may be retained even at night). It shares with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FC83F92441A8EE92" box="[821,973,1742,1767]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FC83F92441A8EE92" box="[821,973,1742,1767]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. platyceps</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but differs from all other populations of the complex from Mt Chiperone, Mt Namuli and Mt Inago, its large size (>
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC2FFE7FC6CF918464FEF7F" box="[986,1066,1778,1803]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.0" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" unit="mm" value="60.0">60 mm</quantity>
|
||
SVL) in both sexes, lack of male dwarfism, well-developed dorsal crenulations, and reduced rostral and supraocular processes; it differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FAC0F8FC4364EF26" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FAC0F8FC4364EF26" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. platyceps</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its more dorsoventrally flattened habitus (more rounded in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FC68F8D0461DEF26" box="[990,1144,1850,1875]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FC68F8D0461DEF26" box="[990,1144,1850,1875]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. platyceps</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), and very weak or even absent accessory plantar spines (present but small in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FD4AF8B441F0EF02" box="[764,917,1886,1911]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FD4AF8B441F0EF02" box="[764,917,1886,1911]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rh. platyceps</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Finally, the species is also genetically well differentiated from all other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC2FFE7FE54F868401BEFEE" box="[482,638,1922,1947]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="16" pageNumber="17" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC2FFE7FE54F868401BEFEE" box="[482,638,1922,1947]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="17">Rhampholeon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and all chameleons examined from Mt. Mabu form a monophyletic clade.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="DF23D1D2FFC3FFE6FF21FF724394E8BA" ID-Table-UUID="DF23D1D2FFC3FFE6FF21FF724394E8BA" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF23D1D2FFC3FFE6FF21FF724394E8BA" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" targetBox="[151,1395,234,1336]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="17">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC3FFE6FF21FF724394E8BA" blockId="17.[151,1436,151,207]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC3FFE6FF21FF72436FE8DA" bold="true" box="[151,266,152,175]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">TABLE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Measurements (mm) for the type series of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC3FFE6FD61FF7D41B9E8DA" box="[727,988,151,175]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maspictus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC3FFE6FD61FF7D41B9E8DA" box="[727,988,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Rhampholeon maspictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC3FFE6FC55FF724653E8DA" bold="true" box="[995,1078,152,175]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21BE033FFC3FFE6FC55FF724653E8DA" box="[995,1078,152,175]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
from Mount Mabu, Mozambique (PEM: Port Elizabeth Museum).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC3FFE6FF29FED8476DED4D" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<table id="F95C73FAFFC30008FF21FF004716ED4D" box="[151,1395,234,1336]" gridcols="6" gridrows="11" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FF004716E93D" box="[151,1395,234,328]" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FF0043F4E93D" box="[151,401,234,328]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Sex</th>
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FF00401FE93D" box="[494,634,234,328]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18072 Holotype M</th>
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFF00415CE93D" box="[683,825,234,328]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18061 Allotype F</th>
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFF004192E93D" box="[874,1015,234,328]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18059 Paratype M</th>
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFF0046D0E93D" box="[1064,1205,234,328]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18073 Paratype M</th>
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FF004716E93D" box="[1253,1395,234,328]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18074 Paratype M</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FEB64716E9B1" box="[151,1395,348,452]" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FEB643F4E9B1" box="[151,401,348,452]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Snout-vent length Tail length Total length</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FEB6401FE9B1" box="[494,634,348,452]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">62.0 19.4 81.4</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFEB6415CE9B1" box="[683,825,348,452]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">59.0 13.1 72.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFEB64192E9B1" box="[874,1015,348,452]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">56.2 18.1 74.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFEB646D0E9B1" box="[1064,1205,348,452]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">63.4 17.5 80.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FEB64716E9B1" box="[1253,1395,348,452]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">64.4 19.8 84.2</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FE324716EA35" box="[151,1395,472,576]" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FE3243F4EA35" box="[151,401,472,576]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Head length Head width Orbit diameter</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FE32401FEA35" box="[494,634,472,576]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">19.1 11.1 5.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFE32415CEA35" box="[683,825,472,576]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">18.2 9.8 4.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFE324192EA35" box="[874,1015,472,576]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">20.0 12.3 4.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFE3246D0EA35" box="[1064,1205,472,576]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">19.6 11.7 5.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FE324716EA35" box="[1253,1395,472,576]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">20.3 12.1 5.4</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FDBE4716EAC9" box="[151,1395,596,700]" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FDBE43F4EAC9" box="[151,401,596,700]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Snout length Inter-orbital Rostral process</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FDBE401FEAC9" box="[494,634,596,700]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">6.0 5.9 2.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFDBE415CEAC9" box="[683,825,596,700]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">5.0 4.7 1.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFDBE4192EAC9" box="[874,1015,596,700]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">6.8 5.4 2.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFDBE46D0EAC9" box="[1064,1205,596,700]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">5.9 5.8 1.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FDBE4716EAC9" box="[1253,1395,596,700]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">5.9 5.9 2.7</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FD3A4716EA93" box="[151,1395,720,742]" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FD3A43F4EA93" box="[151,401,720,742]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Casque to Eye</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FD3A401FEA93" box="[494,634,720,742]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">13.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFD3A415CEA93" box="[683,825,720,742]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">8.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFD3A4192EA93" box="[874,1015,720,742]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">8.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFD3A46D0EA93" box="[1064,1205,720,742]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">10.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FD3A4716EA93" box="[1253,1395,720,742]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">9.1</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FCE04716EB54" box="[151,1395,778,801]" gridrow="5" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FCE043F4EB54" box="[151,401,778,801]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC3FFE6FF21FCE0436FEB54" bold="true" box="[151,266,778,801]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">TABLE 6.</emphasis>
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||
(Continued)
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FCD64716EBEF" box="[151,1395,828,922]" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FCD643F4EBEF" box="[151,401,828,922]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Sex</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FCD6401FEBEF" box="[494,634,828,922]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18075 Paratype M</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFCD6415CEBEF" box="[683,825,828,922]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18069 Paratype F</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFCD64192EBEF" box="[874,1015,828,922]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18070 Paratype F</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFCD646D0EBEF" box="[1064,1205,828,922]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18076 Paratype F</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FCD64716EBEF" box="[1253,1395,828,922]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">PEM R18068 Paratype Hatchling</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FC444716EB98" box="[151,1395,942,1005]" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FC4443F4EB98" box="[151,401,942,1005]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Snout-vent length Tail length</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FC44401FEB98" box="[494,634,942,1005]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">64.0 16.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFC44415CEB98" box="[683,825,942,1005]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">64.8 15.1</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFC444192EB98" box="[874,1015,942,1005]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">61.9 14.0</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFC4446D0EB98" box="[1064,1205,942,1005]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">56.8 11.6</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FC444716EB98" box="[1253,1395,942,1005]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">19.6 4.9</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FBEB4716ECE7" box="[151,1395,1025,1170]" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FBEB43F4ECE7" box="[151,401,1025,1170]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Total length Head length Head width Orbit diameter</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FBEB401FECE7" box="[494,634,1025,1170]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">80.9 18.1 10.4 4.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFBEB415CECE7" box="[683,825,1025,1170]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">79.9 19.3 11.3 4.4</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFBEB4192ECE7" box="[874,1015,1025,1170]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">75.9 17.8 10.9 4.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFBEB46D0ECE7" box="[1064,1205,1025,1170]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">68.4 18.0 9.3 3.9</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FBEB4716ECE7" box="[1253,1395,1025,1170]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">24.8 6.9 4.9 2.1</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FB4C4716EC90" box="[151,1395,1190,1253]" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FB4C43F4EC90" box="[151,401,1190,1253]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Snout length Inter-orbital</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FB4C401FEC90" box="[494,634,1190,1253]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">5.5 5.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFB4C415CEC90" box="[683,825,1190,1253]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">6.1 5.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFB4C4192EC90" box="[874,1015,1190,1253]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">5.5 5.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFB4C46D0EC90" box="[1064,1205,1190,1253]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">5.4 5.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FB4C4716EC90" box="[1253,1395,1190,1253]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">2.0 3.3</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="356C8318FFC30008FF21FB134716ED4D" box="[151,1395,1273,1336]" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<th id="76BDEA64FFC30008FF21FB1343F4ED4D" box="[151,401,1273,1336]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Rostral process Casque to Eye</th>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FE58FB13401FED4D" box="[494,634,1273,1336]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">2.5 8.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FD1DFB13415CED4D" box="[683,825,1273,1336]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">1.0 9.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FCDCFB134192ED4D" box="[874,1015,1273,1336]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">2.3 8.7</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB9EFB1346D0ED4D" box="[1064,1205,1273,1336]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">1.0 9.3</td>
|
||
<td id="76BDEA64FFC30008FB53FB134716ED4D" box="[1253,1395,1273,1336]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">0.5 2.9</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C346D2D1FFC3FFE2FF71FA9C40E9E968" lastPageId="21" lastPageNumber="22" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC3FFE6FF71FA9C4315EDC6" blockId="17.[151,1437,1398,2035]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC3FFE6FF71FA9C438DEDFA" bold="true" box="[199,488,1398,1423]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
Description of
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC3FFE6FECDFA9C438DEDFA" box="[379,488,1398,1423]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. Adult male, viscera exposed by a single ventral incision in the chest region; both hemipenes everted.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC3FFE6FF71FA544687EE82" blockId="17.[151,1437,1398,2035]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">
|
||
Head: Dorsum of head flattened, with no upward flexure of the snout; casque flat with weakly define lateral crests; temporal crest moderate with a single row of interrupted large tubercles; parietal crest almost absent, composed of a few enlarged tubercles in the mid-line; supraorbital ridge present but with only few raised conical tubercles; three enlarged tubercles on inferior orbital rim; supraorbital connected in middle by shallow interorbital ridge composed of 11 small granular tubercles that demarcate the posterior edge of a prominent frontal depression; rostral ridge very well marked, forming a small bump over the nostrils and fusing anteriorly and adorned with a small rostral process (
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC3FFE6FE38F97D438DEEDB" box="[398,488,1687,1711]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1" pageId="17" pageNumber="18" unit="mm" value="2.1">2.1 mm</quantity>
|
||
, in fixation flattened against rostrum); rostral process 4 small tubercular scales long and 4 tubercles wide at base; nares opening posterio-ventrally; no gular or mental appendages; scales on throat homogenous, more conical than those on crown of head and subequal in size to those on the belly.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC3FFE6FF71F8E84117EF86" blockId="17.[151,1437,1398,2035]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Body: Dorsal crest moderately developed, comprised of 9 weak crenulations each comprised of a cluster of enlarged spinose scales, crenulations most strongly developed over mid-body, reduced over base of neck and tail; crenulations continue onto tail comprised of 9 small groups that are largest over the distal half of the tail; deep axillary and inguinal pits are present; flank scalation heterogeneous, composed of small, stellate granules with scattered, enlarged spinose tubercles, the largest occurring over the shoulder; chest, belly and lower surface of tail smooth; limb scalation more tubercular, with a few enlarged, spinose tubercles on the forearms; claws strongly bicuspid; accessory plantar spines very reduced or almost absent.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FF7D46E8E9D8" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Colour in Life: Male coloration stunningly beautiful (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FCF2FF7D41F3E8C5" box="[836,918,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1906,1928]" captionTargetBox="[183,1366,204,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[175,1401,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 5. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Holotype, B—Allotype (W. R. Branch)" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286216/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
A); body, tail and limbs leaf green, slightly mottled and also darker along the dorsal crest of body, tail and upper surfaces of fore- and hindlimbs; central region of flanks light blue, with two oblique, broad yellow-green stripes; light blue of flanks extends onto the side of head and around eye, where it becomes darker and more intense; front of chest, throat, labials, rostral process and upper surface of snout to the level of the orbit, dirty yellow; bright yellow eye ring. When stressed (e.g. in artificially close proximity to another chameleon) the body coloration changes dramatically, the body darkening to greenbrown, and the blue flank region becomes paler and infused with brown blotches (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FBD0FE8546C8E9FD" box="[1126,1197,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
A); the green orbital region, yellow eye ring and dirty yellow throat colour are retained, albeit in subdued form.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FE5D436FEA6D" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Colour in preservative: Body dark brown with 3 faint oblique bars of lighter brown on flanks running from backbone to lower flank; belly, tail and limbs uniform dark brown, except light brown on inner surface of forelimbs.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FDCE41CBEA15" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FF71FDCE43BFEA48" bold="true" box="[199,474,548,573]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Description of Allotype</emphasis>
|
||
(as for
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FD99FDCE40F1EA48" box="[559,660,548,573]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, unless noted): adult female, with viscera exposed by a single, ragged ventral incision in the belly, and liver tissue excised for DNA analysis.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FD864306EAB8" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Head: Temporal crest weakly developed comprised of a disrupted row of slightly enlarge tubercles; parietal crest absent; subocular ridge weakly pronounced with few enlarged tubercles; interorbital ridge with 13 weakly enlarged tubercles</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FD3D4327EB28" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Body: Dorsal crest very weakly developed, comprising 7 crenulations of tubercles that are only slightly enlarged; crenulations most strongly developed over mid-body and almost absent on the tail; flank scalation heterogeneous, composed of small, stellate granules with very few scattered, enlarged spinose tubercles, the largest at the shoulder.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FC8D466BECB0" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
Coloration in Life: Less intensely coloured than male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FC82FC8D41F3EBF5" box="[820,918,871,896]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FC11FC8D4192EBF5" box="[935,1015,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1906,1928]" captionTargetBox="[183,1366,204,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[175,1401,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 5. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Holotype, B—Allotype (W. R. Branch)" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286216/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Figs. 5</figureCitation>
|
||
B); sides of body dorsally dull green with two vague, oblique, dark olive stripes that extend from dorsal crest, where they are broader, onto lower flank; upper flanks with large, irregular light brown blotches that coalesce and cover upper surface of tail; lower flanks brighter green with scattered pale blotches, extending as pale green onto lower surface of tail; upper surfaces of limbs olive, paler green below; upper surface of casque pale brown, extending at a narrow, almost white line along the dorsal crest; front and sides of snout mottled in light green and brown giving a dull green-brown appearance; throat cream with numerous light blue tubercles that coalesce to form irregular blotches; orbital area olive green with scattered pale blue tubercles and a dull red eye ring. When stressed the irregular light brown blotches on the upper flanks become paler, and the sides of head become blotched, especially in the labial region, giving an appearance of alternating pale and dark bands radiating from the eye (
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||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FC10FB46418FECB0" box="[934,1002,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
A).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FB25464EEC9D" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,1067,1231,1256]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Colour in preservative: Body and head uniform dark brown above and below.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71FB1E43A1EE25" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FF71FB1E43D4ED78" bold="true" box="[199,433,1268,1293]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FF71FB1E4351ED78" box="[199,308,1268,1293]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
variation.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
All
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FE51FB1F402DED78" box="[487,584,1269,1293]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
males have well-everted hemipenes. In life the orbital scalation of a male
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FF21FAF34292ED44" box="[151,247,1305,1329]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
(R17130) was light green, with a conspicuous yellow ring around the iris; the pale brown body had two prominent rust red “leaf vein” narrow lines that ran from the dorsal crest obliquely to the lower flank; there is a prominent enlarged, pale yellow-cream spinose tubercle on the fore-flank in the shoulder region; the crown of the casque and dorsal crest on the body and tail was medium brown (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FCCFFA6E41DBEDE8" box="[889,958,1412,1437]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
B). A very small specimen (PEM R18068, SVL
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC0FFE5FF60FA4D435BEDB5" box="[214,318,1447,1472]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.96" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" unit="mm" value="19.6">19.6 mm</quantity>
|
||
) has a mottled reddish brown head, body and limbs, with two vague, narrow oblique red-brown stripes that run from the dorsal crest to the lower flanks; the dorsal crest forms a narrow cream stripe that extends onto the casque, where it becomes disrupted into small blotches; the limbs are darker brown with scattered bright yellow tubercles of the upper surfaces; the orbital region is dull brown with scattered small blue tubercles and a dull red eye ring (
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||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FEE8F9DD43C7EE25" box="[350,418,1591,1616]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
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||
C).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71F9B6407DEEC8" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FF71F9B6429BEE00" bold="true" box="[199,254,1628,1653]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Size.</emphasis>
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Largest male—PEM R18074 (
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) 65.2 + 20.1 =
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<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC0FFE5FC03F9B64640EE01" box="[949,1061,1628,1653]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.53" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" unit="mm" value="85.3">85.3 mm</quantity>
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||
; largest female—PEM R18069 (
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FF28F96A4367EEED" box="[158,258,1664,1688]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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) 64.4 + 16.2 =
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||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC0FFE5FE01F995407AEEED" box="[439,543,1663,1688]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.059999999999999" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" unit="mm" value="80.6">80.6 mm</quantity>
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||
. The smallest specimen—PEM R18068 (
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<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FC43F96A463FEEED" box="[1013,1114,1664,1688]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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||
, unsexed) 19.9 + 4.9 =
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||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC0FFE5FADDF96A42A1EEC9" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.48" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" unit="mm" value="24.8">24.8 mm</quantity>
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) appears to be newly hatched.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC0FFE5FF71F92D413FEFA8" blockId="18.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FF71F92D43DBEE95" bold="true" box="[199,446,1735,1760]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Sexual Dimorphism.</emphasis>
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||
The average total size of males (
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC0FFE5FCF7F92D41CEEE95" box="[833,939,1735,1760]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.529999999999999" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" unit="mm" value="65.3">65.3 mm</quantity>
|
||
, n = 11) and females (
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC0FFE5FB04F92D4778EE95" box="[1202,1309,1735,1760]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.44" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" unit="mm" value="64.4">64.4 mm</quantity>
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||
, n = 11) is similar and suggests no sexual size dimorphism. However, males do have proportionately longer tails (TL as = % of SVL 24.0% in males, but only 18.6% in females). Sexual dichromism in pygmy chameleons remains poorly known, and has not been studied in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC0FFE5FDC7F8DE4169EF38" box="[625,780,1844,1869]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="platyceps">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FDC7F8DE4169EF38" box="[625,780,1844,1869]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Rh. platyceps</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
complex.
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EFCDFCABFFC0FFE5FC3FF8DE4657EF39" author="Tilbury" box="[905,1074,1844,1869]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Tilbury, C. R. (1992) A new dwarf forest chameleon (Sauria: Rhampholeon) from Malawi, Central Africa. Tropical Zoology, 5, 1 - 9. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1992.10539176" type="journal article" year="1992">Tilbury (1992)</bibRefCitation>
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noted the emergence of bright colours (pale powder blue head and neck, and bright white eyelids) in male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC0FFE5FB93F8BD469DEF05" box="[1061,1272,1879,1904]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapmanorum">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FB93F8BD469DEF05" box="[1061,1272,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Rh. chapmanorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in male-male interactions. The bold colours of large male
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC0FFE5FD3CF896414DEFE1" box="[650,808,1916,1941]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maspictus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FD3CF896414DEFE1" box="[650,808,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Rh. maspictus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC0FFE5FC86F89641EFEFE0" bold="true" box="[816,906,1916,1941]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21BE033FFC0FFE5FC86F89641EFEFE0" box="[816,906,1916,1941]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
(
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||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC0FFE5FC2CF89641BEEFE0" box="[922,987,1916,1941]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1906,1928]" captionTargetBox="[183,1366,204,1905]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[175,1401,193,1932]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 5. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Holotype, B—Allotype (W. R. Branch)" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286216/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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||
A) was noted in three different males at the
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||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC0FFE5FF77F84B4294EFCC" box="[193,241,1953,1977]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">type</typeStatus>
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||
locality, including two specimens sleeping at night on low vegetation. No female was observed showing the bright green body and blue and yellow head of adult males.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF23D1D2FFC1FFE4FF21F898464AEFFD" box="[151,1071,1906,1928]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286216/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" targetBox="[183,1366,204,1905]" targetPageId="19">
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<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC1FFE4FF21F898464AEFFD" blockId="19.[151,1071,1906,1928]" box="[151,1071,1906,1928]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC1FFE4FF21F8984377EFFD" bold="true" box="[151,274,1906,1928]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC1FFE4FEAFF8984074EFFD" box="[281,529,1906,1928]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maspictus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC1FFE4FEAFF8984074EFFD" box="[281,529,1906,1928]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Rhampholeon maspictus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC1FFE4FDA1F898400DEFFD" bold="true" box="[535,616,1906,1928]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21BE033FFC1FFE4FDA1F898400DEFFD" box="[535,616,1906,1928]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
|
||
: A—Holotype, B—Allotype (W.R. Branch)
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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<caption id="DF23D1D2FFC6FFE3FF21F8C741CEEF17" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" targetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" targetPageId="20">
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<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC6FFE3FF21F8C741CEEF17" blockId="20.[151,1435,1837,1890]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC6FFE3FF21F8C74373EF36" bold="true" box="[151,278,1837,1859]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC6FFE3FE97F8C74078EF36" box="[289,541,1837,1859]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maspictus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC6FFE3FE97F8C74078EF36" box="[289,541,1837,1859]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Rhampholeon maspictus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC6FFE3FD91F8C740EBEF36" bold="true" box="[551,654,1837,1859]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21BE033FFC6FFE3FD91F8C7401EEF36" box="[551,635,1837,1859]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
:
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R17073); C Paratype (PEM R17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W.R. Branch).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC7FFE2FF71FF7D40E9E968" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
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||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FF71FF7D432BE8C5" bold="true" box="[199,334,151,176]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Hemipenis.</emphasis>
|
||
(based on everted hemipenes of five males in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC7FFE2FC23FF7241A0E8C5" box="[917,965,152,176]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">type</typeStatus>
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series). Hemipenis short with unadorned basal and apical sections, except for a pair of curved horns that form the lateral edges of a prominent, flat-topped crown; 3-4 weakly-developed spines occur on the upper surfaces of the horns; the folds of the sulcus spermaticus flare to drain into the flattened apical region.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C346D2D1FFC7FFE2FF71FECD474EEB60" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC7FFE2FF71FECD4285E9FD" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FF71FECD4305E935" bold="true" box="[199,352,295,320]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Known only from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC7FFE2FDD8FEC240FBE935" box="[622,670,296,320]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality; Mt. Mabu, Zambézia Province, central
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F34BC1CAFFC7FFE2FB62FECD470EE935" box="[1236,1387,295,320]" name="Mozambique" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
, but expected to occur throughout much of the extensive forest (+7880 ha) remaining on the massif (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFCDFCABFFC7FFE2FAB4FEA642B1E9FD" author="Bayliss" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="Bayliss, J., Timberlake, J., Alves, T., Branch, W. R., Bruessow, C., Collins, S., Congdon, C., De Sousa, C., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Fishpool, L., Harris, T., Herrmann, E., Giogiardis, S. Liggitt, B., Monadjem, A., Patel, H., Spottiswoode, C., Taylor, P., Wilcocks, S., Ribeiro, D. & Smith, P. (2014) The discovery, biodiversity, and conservation of Mabu forest-the largest mid-altitude rainforest in southern Africa. Oryx, 48 (2), 177 - 185. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0030605313000720" type="journal article" year="2014">
|
||
Bayliss
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FAD6FEA747F0E910" box="[1376,1429,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. 2014
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC7FFE2FF71FE7E41D8EAB8" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FF71FE7E434FE9D8" bold="true" box="[199,298,404,429]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Habitat.</emphasis>
|
||
The Mabu massif is a complex of granitic inselbergs formed of syenite, an igneous intrusion of the younger Precambrian Namarroi series dating from 850 ‒1100 Mya (Instituto Nacional de Geologia 1987). Although the Mabu Massif shows vegetational zonation and a significant extent (+7880 ha) of mid-altitudinal forest, it lacks the large area of upland plateau that occurs on Mt. Namuli. Mt. Mabu is surrounded by
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC7FFE2FABEFE1547F9EA6D" box="[1288,1436,511,536]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Brachystegia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FABEFE1547F9EA6D" box="[1288,1436,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Brachystegia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
woodland at the base, much of which is replaced to the south by the Cha Madal tea estate. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54E73FF8FFC7FFE2FB0EFDCF477CEA48" box="[1208,1305,549,573]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
|
||
series were collected at night on perches from
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC7FFE2FD94FDA240FEEA2A" box="[546,667,584,608]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="3.0" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="cm" value="65.0" valueMax="100.0" valueMin="30.0">30-100 cm</quantity>
|
||
above ground in forest clearings and adjacent to a mountain stream (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13679DDFFFC7FFE2FF29FD864286EAF0" box="[159,227,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1837,1859]" captionTargetBox="[155,1430,195,1810]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,193,1815]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 6. Rhampholeon maspictus sp. nov.: A—Allotype (left) and Holotype (right); B—Paratype (PEM R 17073); C Paratype (PEM R 17068, hatchling); D—Habitat on Mt. Mabu (W. R. Branch)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/286217/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
D). No specimens were collected on perches as high as
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC7FFE2FCEBFD8641FAEAF1" box="[861,927,620,644]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="1.3">1.3 m</quantity>
|
||
to
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC7FFE2FC72FD864195EAF1" box="[964,1008,620,645]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="5.0">5 m</quantity>
|
||
noted for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC7FFE2FBD1FD8642BEEADD" authority="Tilbury 1992" authorityName="Tilbury" authorityYear="1992" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Rhampholeon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapmanorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FBD1FD86475DEAF0" box="[1127,1336,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Rh. chapmanorum</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFCDFCABFFC7FFE2FAF1FD8642B6EADD" author="Tilbury" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="Tilbury, C. R. (1992) A new dwarf forest chameleon (Sauria: Rhampholeon) from Malawi, Central Africa. Tropical Zoology, 5, 1 - 9. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1992.10539176" type="journal article" year="1992">Tilbury 1992</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. This may be related to the presence of an additional chameleon (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C5CFAD9FFC7FFE2FC5BFD7B4602EADD" box="[1005,1127,655,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Chamaeleonidae" genus="Nadzikambia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="baylissi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FC5BFD7B4602EADD" box="[1005,1127,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">N. baylissi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) which utilizes this forest stratum on Mt. Mabu, and that has not been recorded on Mt. Chiperone.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BE3815AFFC7FFE2FF71FD3D474EEB60" blockId="21.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9285D48FFC7FFE2FF71FD3D4317EA85" bold="true" box="[199,370,727,752]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Reproduction.</emphasis>
|
||
The female allotype was gravid with seven almost spherical eggs (largest diameter
|
||
<quantity id="4CA42CBFFFC7FFE2FAA5FD3D47FDEA9A" box="[1299,1432,727,752]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.3" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="mm" value="4.3" valueMax="4.5" valueMin="4.1">4.1-4.5 mm</quantity>
|
||
, four in the left oviduct and three in the right oviduct) that lack obvious signs of embryonic development.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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