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Rieppeleon kerstenii PETERS, 1868

     
 

Higher Taxa

Chamaeleonidae, Sauria (lizards

Subspecies

Rieppeleon kerstenii kerstenii (PETERS, 1868)
Rieppeleon kerstenii robecchii (BOULENGER 1892

Common Name

E: Kenya Stumptail Chameleon
G: Somali-Zwergchamäleon

Synonym

Chamaeleo Kerstenii PETERS 1868: 449
Rhampholeon Kerstenii — FISCHER 1884: 23
Rhampholeon mandera MEEK 1897
Rhampholeon kerstenii — GÜNTHER 1880: 238
Rhampholeon Kerstenii — FISCHER 1884: 47
Brookesia kerstenii — LOVERIDGE 1936: 335
Brookesia kerstenii — MERTENS 1966 : 2
Rhampholeon kerstenii — KLAVER & BÖHME 1986: 58
Rhampholeon kerstenii — NECAS 1999: 254
Rhampholeon kerstenii kerstenii — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 14
Rieppeleon kerstenii — MATTHEE et al. 2004
Rieppeleon kerstenii kerstenii — LEPTIEN 2006

Rieppeleon kerstenii robecchii (BOULENGER 1892)
Rhampholeon robecchii BOULENGER 1891: 13
Rhampholeon kerstenii robecchii — LOVERIDGE 1936: 79
Rhampholeon kerstenii robecchii — LANZA 1988
Rhampholeon robecchii — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 56
Rhampholeon robecchii — NECAS & SCHMIDT 2004

Location

NE/E Kenya, E Tanzania, N/E Somalia, Ethiopia

kerstenii: NE/E Kenya, E Tanzania; Type locality: Wanga [=Vanga], bei Mombas (= Mombasa), Kenya

robecchii: Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya; Type locality: “Wuorandi, near Obbia” [= Warandi, Somalia

Holotype

Holotype (by monotypy): ZMB 5516

Comment

MATTHEE et al. (2004) declared Chamaeleo Kerstenii to be the type species of the genus Rieppeleon.

Etymology: dedicated to OTTO KERSTEN (1839-1900), a German chemist and African traveller

References
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