Rhampholeon colemani MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY, 2022
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Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Rhampholeon colemani MENEGON, LYAKURWA, LOADER & TOLLEY 2022: 97 |
Distribution | Tanzania Type locality: Kitolomero valley, a locality in the Uzungwa Scarp Nature Reserve at about 1200 m a.s.l. (-8.3975; 35.9786) Kilombero District, Morogoro Region of Tanzania. |
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Types | Holotype: MTSN 5379, Adult male in the MUSE, the Science Museum of Trento (formerly MTSN 001TA) collected in the Uzungwa Scarp Nature Reserve on the 8 January 1999 by Michele Menegon and Sebastiano Salvidio and formerly included in the paratype series of Rhampholeon moyeri (Fig. 8 and Table S3). Paratypes: MTSN 5380, MTSN 5381, Two adult females – collected in the Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve on 8 January 1999 by Michele Menegon and Sebastiano Salvidio were formerly included in the paratype series of Rhampholeon moyeri. Two additional females, MUSE 11032 and MUSE 11033, and two adult males, MUSE 11029 and MUSE 11031, collected at the same locality on 17 November 2013 by Michele Menegon, Elena Tonelli and Anna Sustersic. |
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Etymology | Rhampholeon colemani is named in honour of Carter Coleman, who for more than 25 years has raised funds and campaigned for the conservation of Tanzania’s forests. In 1991 he revived the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group based in Tanzania, and went on to establish the African Rainforest Conservancy in the USA and the African Rainforest Trust in the United Kingdom, organisations that remain dedicated to conserving Tanzania’s high biodiversity forests |
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