Rhampholeon monteslunae HUGHES, BEHANGANA, TILBURY, DEHLING, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM, 2024
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Rhampholeon monteslunae
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| Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Mountains of the Moon pygmy chameleon |
| Synonym | Rhampholeon monteslunae HUGHES, BEHANGANA, TILBURY, DEHLING, KUSAMBA & GREENBAUM in HUGHES et al. 2024: 482 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. 5 — HUGHES et al. 2018 |
| Distribution | W UGANDA Type locality: UGANDA, Western Region, Rwenzururu sub- region, Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Nyakalengija entrance, 00.36029° N, 30.00922° E, 1942 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. UTEP 22735 (field no. ELI 2854), adult female, 1 June 2014, collected at night in primary forest about 1 m above the ground by D.F. Hughes, E. Greenbaum, and M. Behangana (Fig. 14A). Paratype (topotype). Same collection details as holotype, three adult males, one adult female, and one juvenile female, UTEP 21389–21390, 22736–22738 (field nos. ELI 2837–2838, 2855–2857). Paratypes. Two adult males, UTEP 21714, 22733 (field nos. ELI 2851–2852), UGANDA, Western Region, Rwenzururu sub-region, Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Nyakalengija entrance, 00.36047° N, 30.00832° E, 1962 m elevation, 1 June 2014, at night in primary forest about 1 m above the ground by D.F. Hughes, E. Greenbaum, and M. Behangana (Fig. 14C–D). One juvenile male, UTEP 22734 (field no. ELI 2853), UGANDA, Western Region, Rwenzururu sub-region, Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Nyakalengija entrance, 00.36039° N, 30.00992° E, 1936 m elevation, 1 June 2014, at night in primary forest about 1 m above the ground by D.F. Hughes, E. Greenbaum, and M. Behangana. One adult female, UTEP 22732 (field no. ELI 2828), UGANDA, Western Region, Rwenzururu sub-region, Kasese District, near Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Ruboni Village, 00.34972° N, 30.02973° E, 1655 m elevation, 31 May 2014, collected at dusk about 0.5 m above the ground on a shrub in disturbed secondary forest and garden area near Ruboni Community Hotel by D.F. Hughes, E. Greenbaum, and M. Behangana. Referred specimens. PEM-R 16518 (field no. CT 347), UGANDA, Western Region, Rwenzururu sub-region, Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Musandama (00.73416° N, 30.17361° E, 2360 m elevation) (1 specimen). UTEP 21710–21711, 22727 (field nos. ELI 905–907), BURUNDI, Bururi Province, Bururi Forest Reserve (03.92857° N, 29.61662° E, 2011 m elevation) (3 specimens) (Fig. 14E–F). UTEP 22728, 21712 (field nos. ELI 910–911), BURUNDI, Bururi Province, Bururi Forest Reserve (03.94446° N, 29.60686° E, 2201 m elevation) (2 specimens). UTEP 22729–22731 (field nos. ELI 924–926), BURUNDI, Bururi Province, Bururi Town (03.93189° N, 29.61846° E, 1935 m elevation) (3 specimens). UTEP 21713 (field no. CFS 1599g), BURUNDI, Bururi Province, Bururi Forest Reserve, Rurezi River (03.93393° N, 29.61890° E, 1945 m elevation) (1 specimen). |
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| Etymology | Named after the Latin words for mountain, mons, and moon, luna, in reference to the original phrase for the Rwenzori Mountains, montes lunae, or “Mountains of the Moon”, which is the type locality for this species. The specific epithet is used as a noun in apposition. |
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