Rieppeleon
Sign in to saveRieppeleon is a genus of small, typically brown chameleons found in forests and savannas in East Africa. Member species are found at low levels in bushes, or on the ground among grass or leaf litter.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyChamaeleonidae
ヒゲカレハカメレオン 斑紋が浮き出た状態 チビオカレハカメレオン属 Rieppeleon は、カメレオン科に属するは虫類の一群。小型で尾の短い、枯れ葉のような形のものを含む。かつてはカレハカメレオン属 Rhampholeon に含まれ、後に独立群とされた。現在日本でカレハカメレオンとして流通しているものの多くはこれに含まれる。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Chamaeleonidae
- Collections
- UF
- Recorded in
- Tanzania
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- Parent taxon
- Chamaeleoninae
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Rieppeleon is a genus of small, typically brown chameleons found in forests and savannas in East Africa. Member species are found at low levels in bushes, or on the ground among grass or leaf litter.
==Etymology== The genus Rieppeleon was named after Swiss-born American herpetologist Olivier Rieppel (born 1951).
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