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Rhampholeon (from Template:Langx Template:Transliteration, 'bird's bill' and Template:Langx Template:Transliteration, 'lion')<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is a genus of small chameleons, commonly known as pygmy chameleons or African leaf chameleons, found in East Africa and Central Africa. They are found in forests, woodlands, thickets, and savanna, and most species are restricted to highlands. They are brown, grey, or green, and typically seen at low levels in bushes, or on the ground among grasses or leaf litter.
The following 25 species are recognized as being valid:<ref>"Rhampholeon ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
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Common name |
Distribution
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Rhampholeon acuminatus Template:Small |
Nguru pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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File:Rhampholeon-beraduccii-from-type-locality-in-life-Fig-7-Rhampholeon-acuminatus-from.jpg |
Rhampholeon beraduccii Template:Small |
Beraducci’s pygmy chameleon, Mahenge pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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Rhampholeon boulengeri Template:Small |
Boulenger's pygmy chameleon |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
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Rhampholeon bruessoworum Template:Small |
Mount Inago pygmy chameleon |
Mozambique
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Rhampholeon chapmanorum Template:Small |
Chapmans's pygmy chameleon |
Malawi.
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File:Rhampholeon-colemani-from-type-locality-in-life 2.jpg |
Rhampholeon colemani Template:Small |
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Tanzania.
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Rhampholeon gorongosae Template:Small |
Mount Gorongosa pygmy chameleon |
Mozambique.
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Rhampholeon hattinghi Template:Small |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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File:Rhampholeon marshalli 181046589.jpg |
Rhampholeon marshalli Template:Small |
Marshall's pygmy chameleon, Marshall's leaf chameleon, Marshall's dwarf chameleon, Marshall's stumptail chameleon |
Zimbabwe and Mozambique
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Rhampholeon maspictus Template:Small |
Mount Mabu pygmy chameleon |
Mozambique
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File:Stump-tailed chameleons Rhampholeon moyeri.jpg |
Rhampholeon moyeri Template:Small |
Moyer’s pygmy chameleon, Udzungwa pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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Rhampholeon nchisiensis Template:Small |
South African stumptail chameleon, Nchisi pygmy chameleon |
Malawi and Tanzania
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Rhampholeon nebulauctor Template:Small |
Mount Chiperone pygmy chameleon |
Mozambique.
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File:Rhampholeon-nicolai-from-type-locality.png |
Rhampholeon nicolai Template:Small |
Nicola’s pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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Rhampholeon platyceps Template:Small |
Mount Mulanje pygmy chameleon, Malawi stumptail chameleon |
Malawi and Mozambique
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File:Rhampholeon-princeeai-from-Mkingu-Nature-Reserve-in-life.png |
Rhampholeon princeeai Template:Small |
Princeeai’s pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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File:Rhampholeon-rubeho-from-type-locality-in-life.jpg |
Rhampholeon rubeho Template:Small |
Rubeho’s pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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File:Rhampholeon-sabini-from-type-locality-in-life 1.jpg |
Rhampholeon sabini Template:Small |
Nguu North pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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File:Cameroon Stumptail Chameleon (Rhampholeon spectrum) (7668008064).jpg |
Rhampholeon spectrum Template:Small |
spectral pygmy chameleon, western pygmy chameleon, Cameroon stumptail chameleon |
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea,Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, and Gabon,
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File:Rosette-nosed Pygmy Chameleon imported from iNaturalist photo 103864274 on 20 April 2022.jpg |
Rhampholeon spinosus Template:Small |
rosette-nosed pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania
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File:Rhampholeon temporalis 103864172.jpg |
Rhampholeon temporalis Template:Small |
Usambara stumptail chameleon, East Usambara pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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File:Rhampholeon tilburyi (10.3897-zse.92.9948) Figure 4 (cropped).jpg |
Rhampholeon tilburyi Template:Small |
Mount Namuli pygmy chameleon |
Mozambique.
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File:Rhampholeon-uluguruensis-from-type-locality-in-life.png |
Rhampholeon uluguruensis Template:Small |
Uluguru pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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Rhampholeon viridis Template:Small |
green pygmy chameleon |
Tanzania.
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File:Rhampholeon-waynelotteri-from-type-locality-top-and-from-Mkingu-Nature-Reserve-bottom.png |
Rhampholeon waynelotteri Template:Small |
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Tanzania.
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhampholeon.
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Further readingEdit
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Rhampholeon, p. 475).
- Branch WR (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. Template:ISBN. (Genus Rhampholeon, p. 228).
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- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology: Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. Template:ISBN. (Genus Rhampholeon, p. 289).
- Günther A (1874). "Descriptions of some new or imperfectly known Species of Reptiles from the Camaroon [sic] Mountains". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1874: 442-445. (Rhampholeon, new genus, p. 444).
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