Nadzikambia

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Nadzikambia
Nadzikambia baylissi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Nadzikambia
Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006

Currently, two

Mount Mulanje in Malawi and Mount Mabu in Mozambique
.

Initially placed into

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.[1]

Species

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Nadzikambia baylissi ((Branch and Tolley, 2010) Mount Mabu chameleon Mount Mabu in Mozambique.
Nadzikambia mlanjensis ((Broadley, 1965) Mlanje Mountain chameleon Mount Mulanje in Malawi.

References

  1. 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.


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