Nadzikambia | |
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Nadzikambia baylissi | |
Scientific 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 species are placed in the recently established genus Nadzikambia (derived from the species' name in Chichewa). They are plesiomorphic, small chameleons from the Ruo Gorge forest on Mount Mulanje in Malawi and Mount Mabu in Mozambique.
Initially placed into Chamaeleo, it was for some time moved to the 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]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Nadzikambia baylissi ((Branch and Tolley, 2010) | Mount Mabu chameleon | Mount Mabu in Mozambique. | |
Nadzikambia mlanjensis ((Broadley, 1965) | Mlanje Mountain chameleon | Mount Mulanje in Malawi. |