Genus of lizards
Rieppeleon 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 .[ 1]
Etymology
The genus Rieppeleon was named after Swiss-born American herpetologist Olivier Rieppel (born 1951).[ 2] [ 3]
Taxonomy
Until recently, the species in the genus Rieppeleon were commonly included in the genus Rhampholeon
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[ 4]
Nota bene binomial authority , or trinomial authority , in parentheses indicates that the species, or subspecies, was originally described in a genus other than Rieppeleon .
References
^ Spawls, S. ; Drewes, R. ; Ashe, J. (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa . Cologne, Germany: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-656470-1 ^ Mattison, Chris ; Garbutt, Nick (2012). Chameleons . United States: Firefly Books Inc. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-77085-121-4 ^ Beolens, Bo ; Watkins, Michael ; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 . (Genus Rieppeleon , p. 221).^ Genus Rieppeleon The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Matthee CA , Tilbury CR , Townsend T (2004). "A phylogenetic review of the African leaf chameleons: genus Rhampholeon (Chamaeleonidae): the role of vicariance and climate change in speciation" . Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 271 (1551): 1967– 1975. doi :10.1098/rspb.2004.2806 . PMC 1691807 PMID 15347522 .Rieppeleon , new genus, p. 1973).Spawls S , Howell K , Hinkel H , Menegon M (2018). A Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition . London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1-399-40481-5 . (Genus Rieppeleon , p. 245).
