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The '''Mlanje Mountain Chameleon''', '''''Nadzikambia mlanjensis''''', is presently the only [[species]] |
The '''Mlanje Mountain Chameleon''', '''''Nadzikambia mlanjensis''''', is presently the only [[species]] in the recently established [[genus]] '''''Nadzikambia'''''. It is a [[plesiomorph]]ic small [[chamaeleon]] from [[Mount Mulanje]] in [[Malawi]]. |
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Initially placed into ''[[Chamaeleo]]'', it was for some time moved to the [[South African dwarf chameleon]]s (''Bradypodion'') by some (Klaver & Böhme, 1986). But this was criticized because plesiomorphies cannot be used to define [[clade]]s, and eventually turned out to be in error (Tolley ''et al.'' 2004). |
Initially placed into ''[[Chamaeleo]]'', it was for some time moved to the [[South African dwarf chameleon]]s (''Bradypodion'') by some (Klaver & Böhme, 1986). But this was criticized because plesiomorphies cannot be used to define [[clade]]s, and eventually turned out to be in error (Tolley ''et al.'' 2004). |
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| Genus: | Nadzikambia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006
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| Species: | N. mlanjense
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Bradypodion mlanjense | |
The Mlanje Mountain Chameleon, Nadzikambia mlanjensis, is presently the only species in the recently established genus Nadzikambia. It is a plesiomorphic small chamaeleon from Mount Mulanje in Malawi.
Initially placed into Chamaeleo, it was for some time moved to the South African dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) by some (Klaver & Böhme, 1986). But this was criticized because plesiomorphies cannot be used to define clades, and eventually turned out to be in error (Tolley et al. 2004).
References
- 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. (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
- 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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