Scientific name:
Rhampholeon Moyeri
English name:
Udzungwa Pygmy Chameleon
Japanese name:
モイヤーコノハカメレオン
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Characteristic
Characteristic
This chameleon is a pygmy chameleon that lives in Udzungwa Mountains in Iringa.
There are spines like horns in front of the nose and eyes.
How to identify between similar species
Similar to Rhampholeon Beraduccii, I don’t know differences. . .
Habitat
It seems to live in Udzungwa Mountains in Iringa and Nguru Mountain in Morrogoro.
There is a record in Udzungwa National Park in iNaturalist.
For details of the area, please refer to Iringa information and Morogoro information in the mountains.
Where to find
Like other common pygmy chameleons, they live on the forest floor behind fallen leaves during the day,
It seem to sleep on a tree branch about 10-30 cm above the surface at night.
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