Palleon

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Palleon
Palleon nasus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Palleon
Glaw, Hawlitschek & Ruthensteiner, 2013
Type species
Brookesia nasus
Boulenger, 1887
Diversity
2 species

Palleon is a genus of small chameleons erected in 2013 for a small clade formerly assigned to the genus Brookesia.[1] The species of Palleon are endemic to Madagascar.

Species

References

  1. ^ Glaw, F.; Hawlitschek, O. & Ruthensteiner, B. (2013). "A new genus name for an ancient Malagasy chameleon clade and a PDF-embedded 3D model of its skeleton". Salamandra. 49: 237–238.