Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 207

Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Flap-neck Chameleon

Material. MOUNT SOCONE (base): MHNM. Rep.2018.0002. Identification. Currently eight subspecies are recognized within C. dilepis ( Main et al. 2018) . We assign this specimen ( Fig. 4C ) to the typical race based on the presence of large moveable occipital lobes ( Tilbury 2018) and sequence similarity with C. d. dilepis from northern Mozambique (98% sequence similarity; DQ 923816). Comments. Local villagers brought two additional individuals to the campsite at the base of Mount Lico that were identified and subsequently released.

Figures

Fig. 4. Reptiles from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Agama kirkii; (B) A. mossambica; (C) Chamaeleo dilepis; (D) Rhampholeon tilburyi; (E) Trioceros melleri; (F) Platysaurus maculatus; (G) Lygodactylus sp.; (H) Melanoseps ater; (I) Panaspis aff. maculicollis; (J) Dasypeltis scabra; (K–L) Philothamnus macrops; (M–N) Naja subfulva; (O) Boaedon fuliginosus.