Rhampholeon bruessoworum

Rhampholeon bruessoworum, the Mount Inago pygmy chameleon, is a small species of chameleon endemic to Mozambique.[1] It was described in 2014. It has been found in small patches of wet forest at the base of the Mount Inago granitic inselberg. It is only known from that locality. The wet forests it inhabits are mid-altitude afrotemperate, 1,430–1,480 m (4,690–4,860 ft), with a canopy height primarily 20–30 m (66–98 ft) tall. The lizard occurs in highly fragmented and threatened portions. Its habitat quality is degrading, with pressures from logging for agricultural land and commercial logging operations.[2] Because of its reduced and threatened habitat, it is considered Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[3][2] Males grow to 56 mm (2.2 in) and females to 62 mm (2.4 in).[3]

Rhampholeon bruessoworum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Rhampholeon
Species:
R. bruessoworum
Binomial name
Rhampholeon bruessoworum
Branch, Bayliss, & Tolley 2014

References
  1. Rhampholeon bruessoworum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
  2. "Rhampholeon bruessoworum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
  3. Branch, W. R.; Bayliss, J.; Tolley, K. A. (6 June 2014). "Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated 'sky islands' of northern Mozambique". Zootaxa. 3814 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.1.
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