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Rhampholeon msitugrabensis HUGHES, KUSAMBA, MENEGON & GREENBAUM, 2024

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Albertine Rift pygmy chameleon 
SynonymRhampholeon msitugrabensis HUGHES, KUSAMBA, MENEGON & GREENBAUM in HUGHES et al. 2024: 480
Rhampholeon boulengeri — DE WITTE 1965 (partim)
Rhampholeon boulengeri — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2015 (partim)
Rhampholeon boulengeri — SPAWLS et al. 2018 (partim)
Rhampholeon boulengeri — TILBURY 2018 (partim)
Rhampholeon sp. 4 — HUGHES et al. 2018 
DistributionBURUNDI

Type locality: BURUNDI, Bubanza Province, Kibira National Park, Mpishi, 03.06177° S, 29.49343° E, 1986 m elevation  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. UTEP 21709 (field no. ELI 1159), adult female, 20 December 2011, collected by E. Greenbaum, C. Kusamba, M.M. Aristote, and W.M. Muninga (Fig. 13A).
Paratype (topotype). Same collection details as holotype, three adult females, one adult male, and one juvenile male, UTEP 22739–22743 (field nos. ELI 1160–1164).
Referred specimen. MTSN 7213, RWANDA, Western Province, Nyungwe National Park, Mount Bigugu (02.45565° S, 29.24927° E, 2669 m elevation) (1 specimen). 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Swahili word for forest, msitu, and the German word for rift valley, graben, in reference to the Albertine Rift forests where the species occurs. 
References
  • HUGHES, D. F., BEHANGANA, M., LUKWAGO, W., MENEGON, M., DEHLING, J. M., WAGNER, P., ... & GREENBAUM, E. 2024. Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa’s Albertine Rift. Zootaxa 5458 (4): 451-494 - get paper here
 
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