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C10E87A2B12AFFE3A051273DEEC8FB3C.text	C10E87A2B12AFFE3A051273DEEC8FB3C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bradypodion Fitzinger 1843	<div><p>Bradypodion Fitzinger 1843</p><p>Type Species: Chamaeleo pumilus Daudin 1802</p><p>Composition: B. caffer (Boettger), B. damaranum, B. dracomontanum Raw, B. gutturale (Smith), B. kentanicum (Hewitt), B. melanocephalum, B. nemorale Raw, B. occidentale, B. pumilum, B. setaroi Raw, B. taeniabronchum, B. thamnobates Raw, B. transvaalense (Fitzsimons), B. ventrale, and several as yet undescribed species (Tolley et al. 2005; Branch et al. 2006).</p><p>Characterization: The monophyly of the South African Bradypodion is established by a suite of nuclear and mitochondrial genes and can also be defined by three characteristics, namely; independently derived viviparity and the associated pigmentation of the parietal peritoneum, and a specific cranial structure with a broad roof-like parietal (interpreted as a retained symplesiomorphy) bearing supra-temporal processes (interpreted as a secondary character reversal Rieppel &amp; Crumley 1997). External morphological features that are common to all Bradypodion include the presence of heterogeneous background scalation, a midline gular crest consisting in most species of composite lobes and cones, and the absence of a ventral crest. Rostronasal processes are absent in all species. The hemipenes are calyculate with a plesiomorphic 4-rotulae apical ornamentation. All species are viviparous. The genus may also be characterized by lung morphology, comprising simple, adiverticulate, sac-like lungs with small ridge-like septae on the cephalic, dorsal and ventral walls and with an accessory gular pouch (Beddard 1997, Klaver 1973, 1881). However, not all Bradypodion species have been assessed.</p><p>Distribution: Restricted to South Africa, ranging into adjacent Swaziland, and possibly Lesotho and southern Mozambique, with introduced populations in Namibia, and occupying a wide variety of habitats.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C10E87A2B12AFFE3A051273DEEC8FB3C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tilbury, Colin R.;Tolley, Krystal A.;Branch, William R.	Tilbury, Colin R., Tolley, Krystal A., Branch, William R. (2006): A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 1363: 23-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174715
C10E87A2B12AFFE4A051236FEF9EFA2B.text	C10E87A2B12AFFE4A051236FEF9EFA2B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Kinyongia	<div><p>Kinyongia genus nova</p><p>Type Species: Chamaeleo fischeri fischeri Reichenow 1887 .</p><p>Composition: K. adolfifriderici, K. carpenteri, K. excubitor, K. fischeri fischeri, K. fischeri multituberculatum (Nieden), K. fischeri uluguruense (Loveridge), K. tavetanum, K. tavetanum boehmei (Lutzman &amp; Nečas), K. uthmoelleri, K. xenorhinum, K. oxyrhinum, and K. tenue</p><p>Characterization: The monophyly of Kinyongia is established on the basis of a suite of nuclear and mitochondrial genetic characters. No morphological synapomorphy is known to define all members. Cranial structure has only been studied in K. fischeri (Rieppel &amp; Crumley 1997) . The parietal is reduced to a narrow posteriorly projecting sagittal process that meets the ascending squamosal processes at the apex of the casque to completely enclose the temporal fossa. This derived condition is similar to that found in the genera Chamaeleo, Furcifer and Calumma (Rieppel 1981, 1987, Rieppel &amp; Crumley 1997). Scalation is generally of finely heterogeneous granules or flattened polygonal tubercles. In those species that are characterized by a head ornamentation of fused rostronasal projections ( carpenteri, xenorhinum, tenue and oxyrhinum), the scalation is generally an unordered heterogeneous mix of tubercles. In species with paired rostronasal projections ( fischeri, tavetanum, uthmoelleri) the flanks are adorned with tubercles clustered into “rosettes”, especially on the lower flanks. This rosetting is also seen in the hornless species excubitor . Plantar surfaces are smooth and claws are simple.</p><p>None of the species have midline gular or ventral crests, occipital lobes, or annulated horns. Cranial ornamentation in some species, e.g. paired rostronasal blade-like horns in fischeri and tavetanum, and fusion of the canthal ridges into a single vertically flattened process in carpenteri, xenorhinum, tenue and oxyrhinum, are similar to features found in the Malagasy genera Calumma and Furcifer .</p><p>Lung structure is relatively plesiomorphic. They are similar to those of Bradypodion and Malagasy Calumma and Furcifer, being generally simple with a number of small septae on the dorsal, cephalic and ventral walls. The lungs of Kinyongia appear to lack the accessory gular pouch and usually have trailing diverticulae from the posteroinferior surface of the lung ( tavetanum, fischeri, tenue, and adolfifriderici) although these are lacking in K. xenorhinum (Klaver 1977, 1981). The lungs in the rest of the species of Kinyongia have not as yet been described.</p><p>The hemipenes are calyculate with a plesiomorphic 4 rotulae apical ornamentation, and all the species are oviparous.</p><p>Distribution: Distributed in East Africa with the most westerly species, K. adolfifriderici, extending into the eastern DRC, and K. excubitor reaching as far north as Mount Kenya. They are confined to tropical/sub-tropical forest biomes, often in relict montane or sub-montane forests (Fig. 1).</p><p>Etymology: This genus is largely confined to the three countries that make up the central east African region namely Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The lingua franca for this region is Swahili. The name derives from the generic Swahili name for chameleon “Kinyonga” and identifies it as a genus that is largely confined to Swahili speaking countries. The name is Latinized by terminating the name spelling with the letters ia giving it a feminine gender. Thus the specific names remain unaltered.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C10E87A2B12AFFE4A051236FEF9EFA2B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tilbury, Colin R.;Tolley, Krystal A.;Branch, William R.	Tilbury, Colin R., Tolley, Krystal A., Branch, William R. (2006): A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 1363: 23-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174715
C10E87A2B12DFFE5A0512065EEF5FC13.text	C10E87A2B12DFFE5A0512065EEF5FC13.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Nadzikambia	<div><p>Nadzikambia genus nova</p><p>Type Species: Chamaeleo mlanjensis Broadley 1966</p><p>Composition: Nadzikambia mlanjense</p><p>Characterisation: The monophyly of Nadzikambia is established on the basis of a suite of mitochondrial and nuclear genetic characters and a unique hemipenis. The latter is rather short and stout with a short pedicel and shallow calyces. There are no rotulae on the apex, which are replaced with a pair of large fleshy, papillate lobes with scalloped edges.</p><p>At the sulcal base of each lobe are one or two pedunculated papillae (Klaver &amp; Böhme 1986).</p><p>The lungs show a structure similar to that of Kinyongia, with two pairs of long diverticulae trailing from the inferior and posterior surfaces of the lung. A series of four small septae alternate with five larger septae across the dorsal wall with several smaller septae arising from the ventral and cephalic walls. There is no gular pouch (Klaver 1977). The parietal peritoneum is unpigmented and reproduction oviparous.</p><p>The external morphology is largely conservative, and gular and ventral crests are absent. There is a weak dorsal crest, finely heterogeneous scalation that forms rosettes of tubercles on the lower flanks, and a low casque. Although cranial morphology remains undescribed, the external appearance of the cranial crests suggest that the cranium is constructed in the same manner as Kinyongia .</p><p>Distribution: Only known from sub-montane forest habitats in a few scattered localities on the Mulanje Massif in southern Malawi, Central Africa.</p><p>Etymology: The name is derived from “Nadzikambe”, the name for chameleon in ChiChewa, the language used by the tribe that lives in the area around Mulanje Mountain in southern Malawi. The name Nadzikambe is Latinised by terminating it with the suffix ia thus giving it a feminine gender.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C10E87A2B12DFFE5A0512065EEF5FC13	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Tilbury, Colin R.;Tolley, Krystal A.;Branch, William R.	Tilbury, Colin R., Tolley, Krystal A., Branch, William R. (2006): A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 1363: 23-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174715
