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Rhampholeon platyceps  Günther, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 715092

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Mount Mulanje Pygmy Chameleon [English]
  
    Malawi Stumptail Chameleon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyChamaeleonidae  – Chameleons  
                                  SubfamilyBrookesiinae   
                                     GenusRhampholeon Günther, 1874 – African Leaf Chameleons  
                                        SpeciesRhampholeon platyceps Günther, 1893 – Mount Mulanje Pygmy Chameleon, Malawi Stumptail Chameleon  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Rhampholeon platyceps    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Rhampholeon platyceps, Malawi Stumptail Chameleon [English], Mount Mulanje Pygmy Chameleon [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mariaux, Jean, and Colin R. Tilbury  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: The pygmy chameleons of the Eastern Arc Range (Tanzania): evolutionary relationships and the description of three new species of Rhampholeon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Herpetological Journal, vol. 16, no. 3   
  Page(s): 315-331   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0268-0130   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhampholeon platyceps   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Matthee, Conrad A., Colin R. Tilbury, and Ted Townsend  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: A phylogenetic review of the African leaf chameleons: genus Rhampholeon (Chamaeleonidae): the role of vicariance and climate change in speciation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Biological Sciences), vol. 271, no. 1551   
  Page(s): 1967-1975   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0962-8452   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rhampholeon platyceps   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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