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A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia

AutorInnen: 
Koppetsch, T., Nečas, P., Wipfler, B.
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2021
Vollständiger Titel: 
A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia
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Publiziert in: 
Zoosystematics and Evolution
Publikationstyp: 
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI Name: 
10.3897/zse.97.57297
Keywords: 
Bale Mountains, biogeography, Ethiopia, Great Rift Valley, key, morphology, new species, systematics, taxonomy, Trioceros wolfgangboehmei sp. nov.
Bibliographische Angaben: 
Koppetsch, T., Nečas, P., Wipfler, B. (2021): A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia. - Zoosystematics and Evolution 97 (1) 2021, 161–179; DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.57297
Abstract: 

A new species of chameleon, Trioceros wolfgangboehmei sp. nov., inhabiting the northern slopes of the Bale Mountains in Ethiopia, is described. It differs from its Ethiopian congeners by a combination of the following features: presence of a prominent dorsal crest with a low number of enlarged conical scales reaching along the anterior half of the tail as a prominent tail crest, a casque raised above the dorsal crest, heterogeneous body scalation, long canthus parietalis, rugose head scalation, high number of flank scales at midbody and unique hemipenial morphology. Based on morphological characteristics, phylogenetic discordances of previous studies and biogeographical patterns, this new species is assigned to the Trioceros affinis (Rüppell, 1845) species complex. An updated comprehensive key to the Trioceros found in Ethiopia is provided.

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