Rhampholeon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
- Genus
- Rhampholeon
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Rhampholeon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rhampholeon
Rhampholeon (from Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos), meaning "bill", and λέων (léōn), meaning "lion") is a genus of small chameleons, commonly known as pygmy chameleons or African leaf chameleons, found in East Africa and Central Africa. They are found in forests, woodlands, thickets, and savanna, and most species are restricted to highlands. They are brown, grey, or green, and typically seen at low levels in bushes, or on the ground among grasses or leaf litter.
...Rhampholeon in languages:
- Danish
- Afrikanske Bladkamæleoner
- English
- North and East African Pygmy Chameleons
- English
- African Leaf Chameleons
- Russian
- Африканские карликовые хамелеоны
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Rhampholeon acuminatus
- Rhampholeon beraduccii
- Rhampholeon boulengeri
- Rhampholeon bruessoworum
- Rhampholeon chapmanorum
- Rhampholeon gorongosae
- Rhampholeon hattinghi
- Rhampholeon marshalli
- Rhampholeon maspictus
- Rhampholeon moyeri
- Rhampholeon nchisiensis
- Rhampholeon nebulauctor
- Rhampholeon platyceps
- Rhampholeon spectrum
- Rhampholeon spinosus
- Rhampholeon temporalis
- Rhampholeon tilburyi
- Rhampholeon uluguruensis
- Rhampholeon viridis












