Mlanje_Mountain_chameleon

Mlanje Mountain chameleon

Mlanje Mountain chameleon

Species of lizard

The Mlanje Mountain chameleon (Nadzikambia mlanjensis) is one of two species in the genus Nadzikambia (derived from the species' name in Chichewa). It is a plesiomorphic, small chameleon from the Ruo Gorge forest on Mount Mulanje in Malawi.

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

Initially placed into Chamaeleo, it was for some time moved to the South African dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) by some (Klaver & Böhme, 1986). This was criticized because plesiomorphies cannot be used to define clades, and eventually turned out to be in error.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Tolley, K. (2014). "Nadzikambia mlanjensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172530A1344413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172530A1344413.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Tolley, Krystal A.; Tilbury, Colin R. & Branch, William R. (2004): Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 354–365. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00211-2 PDF fulltext Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
  • Klaver, C.J.J. & Böhme, W. (1986): Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64.
  • Tolley, Krystal A.; Tilbury, Colin R. & Branch, William R. (2007): Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 1426: 68.
  • http://www.chameleoninfo.com/Species_Profiles.doc


Stub icon

This chameleon article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Mlanje_Mountain_chameleon, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.