TY - JOUR
T1 - A new dwarf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from the Marojejy massif in northern Madagascar
AU - Scherz, Mark D.
AU - Köhler, Jörn
AU - Rakotoarison, Andolalao
AU - Glaw, Frank
AU - Vences, Miguel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Mark D. Scherz et al.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - We describe a new species of dwarf chameleon from the Brookesia minima species group. Brookesia tedi sp. n. occurs above 1300 m above sea level on the Marojejy massif in northeastern Madagascar. It is genetically sister to B. peyrierasi, a species occurring in lowlands around the Baie de Antongil, but is genetically strongly divergent from that species in both nuclear (c-mos) and mitochondrial (16S, ND2) genes, and morphologically in its smaller size and distinctly different hemipenis. It is the second species of the B. minima species group from Marojejy National Park, but is not known to occur in syntopy with the other species, B. karchei, due to elevational segregation.
AB - We describe a new species of dwarf chameleon from the Brookesia minima species group. Brookesia tedi sp. n. occurs above 1300 m above sea level on the Marojejy massif in northeastern Madagascar. It is genetically sister to B. peyrierasi, a species occurring in lowlands around the Baie de Antongil, but is genetically strongly divergent from that species in both nuclear (c-mos) and mitochondrial (16S, ND2) genes, and morphologically in its smaller size and distinctly different hemipenis. It is the second species of the B. minima species group from Marojejy National Park, but is not known to occur in syntopy with the other species, B. karchei, due to elevational segregation.
KW - Brookesia minima species group
KW - Brookesia peyrierasi
KW - Brookesia tedi sp. n.
KW - Chamaeleonidae
KW - Marojejy National Park
KW - Miniaturisation
KW - Squamata
U2 - 10.3897/zse.95.32818
DO - 10.3897/zse.95.32818
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85063647155
SN - 1435-1935
VL - 95
SP - 95
EP - 106
JO - Zoosystematics and Evolution
JF - Zoosystematics and Evolution
IS - 1
ER -