Nadzikambia
Appearance
Mlanje Mountain Chameleon | |
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Genus: | Nadzikambia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006
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Species: | N. mlanjense
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Nadzikambia mlanjense | |
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Bradypodion mlanjense |
The Mlanje Mountain Chameleon, Nadzikambia mlanjense, is presently the only species[verification needed] if the recently established genus Nadzikambia. It is a plesiomorphic small chamaeleon from eastern Africa.
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. & Matthee, Conrad A. (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