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Rhampholeon boulengeri STEINDACHNER, 1911

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Boulenger’s pygmy chameleon 
SynonymRhampholeon boulengeri STEINDACHNER 1911: 178
Rhampholeon boulengeri — SCHMIDT 1919: 595
Rhampholeon spectrum boulengeri — LOVERIDGE (fide WILD 1994)
Rhampholeon boulengeri — NECAS 1999: 258
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) boulengeri — MATTHEE et al. 2004
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) boulengeri — TILBURY 2010: 170
Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) boulengeri — GLAW 2015
Rhampholeon boulengeri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 250
Rhampholeon boulengeri — HUGHES et al. 2024: 462 
DistributionBurundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, N/E Zaire (= Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Type locality: Hills NW of Tanganyika (Democratic Republic of the Congo).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: NMW 16000-2, male. Original Syntypes: NMW 16000: 1-3 (see discussion in Hughes et al. 2024).
Other specimens. UTEP 21715 (field no. EBG 1613) (Bichaka, 03.33872° S, 28.75595° E, 2100 m elevation), UTEP 21716 (field no. EBG 1700) (Bichaka, 03.3374° S, 28.78804° E, 2311 m elevation), UTEP 21717–21718 (field nos. EBG 1701–1702) (Kisakala, 03.3373° S, 28.78791° E, 2264 m elevation), UTEP 22684–22686 (field nos. DFH 4756–4758) (Mibengya, 03.46269° S, 28.58406° E, 2320 m elevation), UTEP 22687 (field no. DFH 4771) (Elumbulumbu, 03.44536° S, 28.56246° E, 2470 m elevation), UTEP 22688 (field no. DFH 4779) (Elumbulumbu, 03.44501° S, 28.56195° E, 2464 m elevation), DRC, South Kivu Province, Itombwe Plateau (9 specimens). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3763 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentNot listed for Tanzania by BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991 (but KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 give Tanzania). 
EtymologyNamed after George Albert Boulenger (1858-1937), herpetologist at the British Museum of Natural History, London. 
References
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