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Rhampholeon gorongosae BROADLEY, 1971

IUCN Red List - Rhampholeon gorongosae - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRhampholeon marshalli gorongosae BROADLEY 1971
Rhampholeon marshalli gorongosae — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Rhampholeon (Bicuspis) gorongosae — MATTHEE et al. 2004
Rhampholeon gorongosae — SCHMIDT et al. 2010
Rhampholeon (Bicuspis) gorongosae — TILBURY 2010: 127
Rhampholeon gorongosae — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionMozambique (1050-1800 m elevation)

Type locality: Gorongoso Mts., 1200 m elevation, Manica e Sofale district)  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: NMZB, previously UM 21786; Paratype: NHMUK 1975.776 (originally U.M. 21788), male, don. D. G. Broadley. 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1906. Description of a new Chameleon genus Rhampholeon from Mashonaland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 18: 346-347. - get paper here
  • Broadley, D. G. 1971. A rewiew of Rhampholeon marshalli Boulenger, with the description of a new subspecies from Mozambique (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Arnoldia 5 (10): 1-6
  • CAMPBELL, PATRICK D; WOLFGANG DENZER 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500 - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Matthee, C.; Tilbury, C.R. & Townsend, T. 2004. A phylogenetic review of the African leaf chameleons: genus Rhampholeon (Chamaeleonidae): the role of vicariance and climate change in speciation. Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) B271: 1967-1975 - get paper here
  • Menegon, M.; Salvidio, S. & Tilbury, C. 2002. A new dwarf chamaeleon from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania, East Africa (Squamata: Rhampholeon Günther 1874). Journal of Herpetology 36 (1): 51-57 - get paper here
  • Nečas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 256 pp. [review in Elaphe 14 (1): 24]
  • Nečas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe)<br>ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada)
  • Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. 2010. Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur und Tier Verlag, 328 pp. [review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013] - get paper here
  • Tilbury C R; Emmrich D 1996. A new dwarf forest chameleon (Squamata: Rhampholeon Gunther 1874) from Tanzania, East Africa with notes on its infrageneric and zoogeographic relationships. Tropical Zoology 9 (1): 61-71 - get paper here
  • Tilbury, C. 2010. Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt M., 831 pp.
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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