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Brookesia stumpffi BOETTGER, 1894

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae (Brookesiinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Plated Leaf Chameleon
G: Stachelchamäleon 
SynonymBrookesia stumpffi BOETTGER 1894
Brookesia stumpffi — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 236
Brookesia stumpffi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Brookesia stumpffi — NECAS 1999: 268
Brookesia stumpffi— PIANKA & VITT 2003: 11
Brookesia stumpffi — TOWNSEND et al. 2009
Brookesia stumpffi — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionNossi Be = Nosy Bé, NW Madagascar, Nosy Komba, Nosy Sakatia.

Type locality: restricted to Insel Nossibé (= Nosy Bé), off N.W Madagascar  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: SMF 16475; Paralectotypes: NHMUK1946.8.21.68–69 (Previously NHMUK1894.4.11.1–2), one male and one female, coll. and don. Prof. Boettger. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Anton Stumpff, a traveler and collector who accompanied Ebenau on his visit to Nossi-Be Island,Madagascar.  
References
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  • Boettger, O. 1894. Eine neue Brookesia (Chamaeleontidae) aus Nossibé. Zool. Anz. 17: 182—185. - get paper here
  • Brygoo, E. R. & C. A. Domergue 1971. Notes sur les Brookesia (Chaméléonidés) de Madagascar. Description d'une espéce nouvelle, B. antoetrae n.sp., et des hémipénis de B. stumpffi et B. ebenaui. Remarques sur la répartition de B. stumpffi. . Bull. Mus. nat. Hist. nat. Paris (2) 42 (5): 830-838. - get paper here
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