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Rieppeleon brachyurus (GÜNTHER, 1893)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Beardless Pygmy Chameleon 
SynonymRhampholeon brachyurus GÜNTHER 1893
Brookesia ionidesi LOVERIDGE 1951: 179
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus — WERNER 1911: 46 (partim)
Rhampholeok brachyurus — MITCHELL 1950: 52 (in error)
Brookesia ionidesi LOVERIDGE 1951: 179
Brookesia brachyura — LOVERIDGE 1951: 182
Brookesia brachyura brachyura — LOVERIDGE 1953: 192
Brookesia brachyura ionidesi — LOVERIDGE 1953: 193
Brookesia brachyura ionidesi — LOVERIDGE 1955: 172
Brookesia brachyura brachyura — MERTENS 1966
Brookesia brachyura ionidesi — MERTENS 1966: 1
Rhampholeon brachyurus — NECAS 1999: 284
Rhampholeon brachyurus — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Rieppeleon brachyurus — MATTHEE et al. 2004
Rieppeleon brachyurus — LEPTIEN 2006
Rieppeleon brachyurus — TILBURY 2010: 207
Rieppeleon brachyurus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 245 
DistributionMalawi, Mozambique, SE Tanzania

Type locality: Shiré Highlands, south of Lake Nyassa, principally upon Mount Zomba and Mount Milanje, Nyassaland (= Malawi).

Terra typica (ionidesi): Kilwa, southern province, Tanganyika Territory (= Tanzania).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: NHMUK (BMNH) 1946.8.21.70–71, two young females (Previously NHMUK1892.12.31.22–23), coll. A. Whyte; other specimens: NMW [brachyurus]
Holotype: MCZ 51301, gravid female; Paratypes: NHMUK 1950.1.5.76–80, females, coll. C. J. P. Ionides [ionidesi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1004 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentMax total length 54 mm.

Synonymy: partly after BROADLEY in TILBURY 1992: 7, and BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14. 
Etymologybrachy (greek) = short, ur (greek) = tail (note that the meanins is the same as in brevicaudatus [LAtin] but in Greek). 
References
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  • CAMPBELL, PATRICK D; WOLFGANG DENZER 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500 - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Günther,A. 1893. Report on a collection of reptiles and batrachians transmitted by Mr. H. H. Johnston, C. B., from Nyassaland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1892: 555-558 [1892] - get paper here
  • Klaver, Ch. 1979. A review of Brookesia systematics with special reference to lung-morphology (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 30 (1-2): 162-175 - get paper here
  • Leptien, R. 2006. Mimese und Abwehrverhalten bei Stummelschwanzchamäleons. Reptilia (Münster) 11 (60): 5-6 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1951. On reptiles and amphibians from Tanganyika Territory collected by C.J.P. Ionides. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 106 (4): 175- 204. - get paper here
  • Loveridge, A. 1953. Zoological Results of a fifth expedition to East Africa. III. Reptiles from Nyasaland and Tete. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 110 (3): 142-322. - get paper here
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  • Matthee, C.; Tilbury, C.R. & Townsend, T. 2004. A phylogenetic review of the African leaf chameleons: genus Rhampholeon (Chamaeleonidae): the role of vicariance and climate change in speciation. Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) B271: 1967-1975 - get paper here
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