A new species of the Chamaeleo dilepis group (Sauria Chamaeleonidae) from West Africa

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作者：
Ullenbruch, K. [1 ]
Krause, P. [1 ]
Boehme, W. [1 ]
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[1] Zool Forschungsinst & Museum A Koenig, Herpetol Sect, D-53113 Bonn, Germany
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TROPICAL ZOOLOGY | 2007年 / 20卷 / 01期
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Reptilia; Sauria; Chamaeleonidae; Chamaeleo necasi n. sp; taxonomy; West Africa; Togo; Benin;
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Q95 [动物学];
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071002 ;
摘要：
We describe a new species of Chamaeleo Laurenti 1768 (subgenus Chamaeleo Laurenti 1768) related to C. dilepis Leach 1819, C. quilensis Bocage 1866 and C. gracilis Hallowell 1842, from two samples originating from Togo and Benin. The new species is apparently restricted to relict rain forests west of Nigeria. Besides its species level genetic divergence it is morphologically diagnosable through the following character combination: small but distinct occipital lobes, a feeble temporal crest, a markedly raised dorsal crest (supported by extended neural apophyses; of the dorsal vertebrae), and - in males - the presence of four pairs of sulcal rotulae on the hemipenis.
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