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Rhampholeon tilburyi Branch, Bayliss & Tolley 2014

Description

Rhampholeon tilburyi Branch, Bayliss & Tolley, 2014

Zootaxa, 3814(1):25; Fig. 8.

Holotype: PEM R14921; in the Ukalini Forest that nestles under the south face of the main Namuli Peak, Namuli Massif (15°22’S, 37°04’E; ca. 1550 m a.s.l.), Zambezia Province, Mozambique; local guide, 30 November 1998.

Paratypes (7): a) PEM R17132 (male allotype), R17134 & R17133; SDZ Cha Sarl Tea Estate at Gurué (15°26’51.6”S, 37°00’32.6”E; ca. 839 m a.s.l.), Namuli Massif, Zambezia Province, Mozambique; K.A. Tolley and S. van Noort, 26 May 2006. b) PEM R17135; SDZ Cha Sarl Tea Estate at Gurué (15°26’42.8”S, 37°00’19.2”E); K.A. Tolley and S. van Noort, 26 May 2006. c) PEM R17131; SDZ Cha Sarl Tea Estate at Gurué (15°26’49”S, 37°00’29”E); K.A. Tolley and S. van Noort, 26 May 2006. d) PEM R20372–3; Muretha Plateau (15°23’26”S, 37°02’03”E; ca. 1804 m a.s.l.), Namuli Massif, Zambezia Province, Mozambique; J. Bayliss, 27 May 2007.

Notes

Published as part of Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4576 (1) on page 6, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2624562

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
PEM
Event date
1998-11-30 , 2006-05-26 , 2007-05-27
Family
Chamaeleonidae
Genus
Rhampholeon
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
R20372-3
Order
Squamata
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Branch, Bayliss & Tolley
Species
tilburyi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , paratype
Verbatim event date
1998-11-30 , 2006-05-26 , 2007-05-27
Taxonomic concept label
Rhampholeon tilburyi Branch, 2014 sec. Conradie, Branch & Watson, 2019

References

  • Branch, W. R., Bayliss, J. & Tolley, K. A. (2014) Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated ' sky islands' of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa, 3814 (1), 1 - 36. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3814.1.1