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    Species Accepted

    Rhampholeon acuminatus Mariaux & Tilbury, 2006

    Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Rhampholeon
    IUCNCritically Endangered

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon English
      Nguru pygmy chameleon English
      Nguru-Zwergchamäleon German

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Mariaux, Jean and Colin R. Tilbury. (2006). The pygmy chameleons of the eastern Arc range (Tanzania): Evolutionary relationships and the description of three new species of Rhampholeon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). The Herpetological Journal 16 (3): 315-331.
      REDBOND, JAY; KATY UPTON, ANDY MEEK, TOM WILKINSON & LAUREN LANE. (2021). Captive husbandry and breeding of the Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon Rhampholeon acuminatus. The Herpetological Bulletin (158).
      Munduka, E., Ojija, F., & Laizer, H. (2024). Communities’ Knowledge and Perceptions towards the Conservation of Nguru Spiny Pygmy Chameleon (Rampholeon acuminatus) in Nguru Mountains, Tanzania. Must Journal of Research and Development, 5(4), 6-6.
      Mariaux, Jean, and Colin R. Tilbury. (2006). The pygmy chameleons of the Eastern Arc Range (Tanzania): evolutionary relationships and the description of three new species of Rhampholeon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). The Herpetological Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3.
      FISSEHA, M., & JEAN MARIAUX, M. M. (2013). The “Rhampholeon uluguruensis complex” (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) and the taxonomic status of the pygmy chameleons in Tanzania. Zootaxa 3746 (3): 439–453.
      Glaw, F. (2015). Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue]. Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246.
      CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON. (2019). Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045.
      Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano de C. Nogueira, Paul Oliver, Olivier S. G. Pauwels, Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, Glenn Shea, Roberto Sindaco, Oliver J. S. Tallowin, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Jean-Francois Trape, Peter Uetz, Philipp Wagner, Yuezhao Wang, Thomas Ziegler, and Uri Roll. (2017). Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions 24 (2): 262-273.
      Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., & Burgess, N. D. (2014). Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. Doi: 10.1111/Ddi.12246.
      Müller, R., & hildenhagen, T. (2009). Untersuchungen zu Subdigital- und Subcaudalstrukturen bei Chamäleons (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Sauria 31 (3): 41-54.

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