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Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (MATSCHIE, 1892)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bearded pygmy chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleon (Brookesia) brevicaudatus MATSCHIE 1892: 107
Rhampholeo Boettgeri PFEFFER 1893: 76
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus — TORNIER 1897: 64
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus — WERNER 1911: 46
Brookesia brevicaudata — LOVERIDGE 1957
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus — NECAS 1999: 284
Rhampholeon brevicaudatus — SPAWLS et al. 2001
Rieppeleon brevicaudatus — MATTHEE et al. 2004
Rieppeleon brevicaudatus — TILBURY 2010: 213
Rieppeleon brevicaudatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 246 
DistributionE Tanzania, Kenya

Type locality: Derema, Usambara Mts., Tanzania.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 11349
Holotype: ZMH 1287; ZMH R 07911 fide Hallermann (2006: 140), cited in Klaver 2020 [Rhampholeo Boettgeri] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “brevis, -e” = short and “cauda, -ae” = tail. 
References
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