Mlanje Mountain chameleon

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.

Mlanje Mountain chameleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Nadzikambia
Species:
N. mlanjensis
Binomial name
Nadzikambia mlanjensis
(Broadley, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Bradypodion mlanjense
  • Chamaeleo mlanjense
  • Nadzikambia mlanjense

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. 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. 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.html
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