Rhampholeon moyeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Brookesiinae
Genus: Rhampholeon
Species:

Rhampholeon moyeri Menegon, Salvidio & Tilbury, 2002: 52

Holotype: MTSN 006TA, adult ♂, collected by M. Menegon and S. Salvidio between 2-6 January 1999.
Type locality: “Kihanga valley, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Luhega), Udzungwa Mountains, South Eastern Tanzania at 1780 m above sea level (08°22′24″S, 35°58′43″E)”.

Menegon, M., Salvidio, S. & Tilbury, C. 2002. A New Dwarf Forest Chameleon from the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania, East Africa, (Squamata: Rhampholeon Günther, 1874). Journal of Herpetology 36(1): 51–57. DOI: 10.2307/1565801 Reference page.

Hildenhagen, T. 2005. Zur Biologie und Verbreitung tansanischer Stummeschwanzchamäleons der neuen Untergattung Rhinodigitum MATTHEE, TILBURY & TOWNSEND 2004 mit Bemerkungen zur Haltung und Vemehrung. Elaphe 13(4): 31–42.
Necas, P. & Schmidt, W. 2004. Stump-tailed Chameleons. Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Edition Chimaira: Frankfurt. 256 pp.

Tolley, K. & Menegon, M. 2014. IUCN: Rhampholeon moyeri (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172550A1345066. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172550A1345066.en. Accessed on 18 June 2025.