Family Chamaeleonidae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | Suborder Lacertilia Scientific name Nadzikambia Higher classification Chameleons Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Lower classifications Mlanje Mountain chameleon, Mount Mabu chameleon | ||
Currently, two species are placed in the recently established genus Nadzikambia (derived from the species' name in Chichewa). They are plesiomorphic, small chameleons from the Ruo Gorge forest on Mount Mulanje in Malawi and Mount Mabu in Mozambique.
Initially placed into Chamaeleo, it was for some time moved to the South African dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion) by some (Klaver & Böhme, 1986). This was criticized because plesiomorphies cannot be used to define clades, and eventually turned out to be in error.
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