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| Palleon | |
|---|---|
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| Palleon nasus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Palleon Glaw, Hawlitschek & Ruthensteiner, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Brookesia nasus Boulenger, 1887 | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Palleon is a genus of small chameleons erected in 2013 for a small clade formerly assigned to the genus Brookesia.[1] The species of Palleon are endemic to Madagascar.
Species
[edit]- Palleon lolontany Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995
- Palleon nasus (Boulenger, 1887) – elongate leaf chameleon
- Palleon nasus nasus
- Palleon nasus pauliani
References
[edit]- ↑ Glaw, F.; Hawlitschek, O. & Ruthensteiner, B. (2013). "A new genus name for an ancient Malagasy chameleon clade and a PDF-embedded 3D model of its skeleton". Salamandra. 49: 237–238.
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