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Rhampholeon temporalis (MATSCHIE, 1892)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Usambara Stumptail Chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleon (Brookesia) temporalis MATSCHIE 1892: 107
Chamaeleon temporalis — TORNIER 1897: 62
Rhampholeon temporalis — NECAS 1999: 284
Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) Rhampholeon — MATTHEE et al. 2004
Rampholeon [sic] temporalis — LANTERMANN & LANTERMANN 2009
Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) temporalis — GLAW 2015
Rhampholeon temporalis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 255 
DistributionTanzania (Usambara Mts.), elevation up to 1400 m.

Type locality: Derema, Usambara Mts., Tanzania.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 11351. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after L.: tempus (temporis > tempor), the temple bone of the skull; /alis/is/e , adjectival suffix: referrring to the marked scalation of the temporal region of the head (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
References
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