Clinging to Survival: Critically Endangered Chapman's Pygmy Chameleon Rhampholeon Chapmanorum Persists in Shrinking Forest Patches
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CHAPTER 3 . STATUS, TRENDS AND FUTURE DYNAMICS OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS UNDERPINNING NATURE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEOPLE 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 STATUS, TRENDS AND FUTURE DYNAMICS CHAPTER OF BIODIVERSITY AND 3 ECOSYSTEMS UNDERPINNING NATURE’S CONTRIBUTIONS CHAPTER TO PEOPLE 4 Coordinating Lead Authors Review Editors: Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem (France), Jonas Ngouhouo-Poufoun (Cameroon) Amy E. Dunham (United States of America), Christopher Gordon (Ghana) 3 CHAPTER This chapter should be cited as: Cormier-Salem, M-C., Dunham, A. E., Lead Authors Gordon, C., Belhabib, D., Bennas, N., Dyhia Belhabib (Canada), Nard Bennas Duminil, J., Egoh, B. N., Mohamed- (Morocco), Jérôme Duminil (France), Elahamer, A. E., Moise, B. F. E., Gillson, L., 5 Benis N. Egoh (Cameroon), Aisha Elfaki Haddane, B., Mensah, A., Mourad, A., Mohamed Elahamer (Sudan), Bakwo Fils Randrianasolo, H., Razaindratsima, O. H., Eric Moise (Cameroon), Lindsey Gillson Taleb, M. S., Shemdoe, R., Dowo, G., (United Kingdom), Brahim Haddane Amekugbe, M., Burgess, N., Foden, W., (Morocco), Adelina Mensah (Ghana), Ahmim Niskanen, L., Mentzel, C., Njabo, K. Y., CHAPTER Mourad (Algeria), Harison Randrianasolo Maoela, M. A., Marchant, R., Walters, M., (Madagascar), Onja H. Razaindratsima and Yao, A. C. Chapter 3: Status, trends (Madagascar), Mohammed Sghir Taleb and future dynamics of biodiversity (Morocco), Riziki Shemdoe (Tanzania) and ecosystems underpinning nature’s 6 contributions to people. In IPBES (2018): Fellow: The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Gregory Dowo (Zimbabwe) Africa. Archer, E., Dziba, L., Mulongoy, K. J., Maoela, M. A., and Walters, M. (eds.). CHAPTER Contributing Authors: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Millicent Amekugbe (Ghana), Neil Burgess Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity (United Kingdom), Wendy Foden (South and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany, Africa), Leo Niskanen (Finland), Christine pp. -
Description of a New Flat Gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320043814 Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique Article in Zootaxa · September 2017 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8 CITATIONS READS 2 531 8 authors, including: William R Branch Jennifer Anna Guyton Nelson Mandela University Princeton University 250 PUBLICATIONS 4,231 CITATIONS 7 PUBLICATIONS 164 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Andreas Schmitz Michael Barej Natural History Museum of Geneva Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiver… 151 PUBLICATIONS 2,701 CITATIONS 38 PUBLICATIONS 274 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems View project Ad hoc herpetofauna observations View project All content following this page was uploaded by Jennifer Anna Guyton on 27 September 2017. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Zootaxa 4324 (1): 142–160 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2017 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.8 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B4FF9A5F-94A7-4E75-9EC8-B3C382A9128C Description of a new flat gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Afroedura) from Mount Gorongosa, Mozambique WILLIAM R. BRANCH1,2,13, JENNIFER A. GUYTON3, ANDREAS SCHMITZ4, MICHAEL F. BAREJ5, PIOTR NASKRECKI6,7, HARITH FAROOQ8,9,10,11, LUKE VERBURGT12 & MARK-OLIVER RÖDEL5 1Port Elizabeth Museum, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa 2Research Associate, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela University, P.O. -
A Second Record of Scolecomorphus Kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique
Herpetology Notes, volume 8: 59-62 (2015) (published online on 10 March 2015) A second record of Scolecomorphus kirkii Boulenger, 1883 (Gymnophiona: Scolecomorphidae) for Mozambique Harith Omar Morgadinho Farooq1 and Werner Conradie2,* The herpetofauna of northern Mozambique (Nampula, Branch et al., 2014), crustaceans (Daniels and Bayliss, Niassa, and Cabo Degabo Provinces) remains one of the 2012) and bats (Taylor et al., 2012). While Portik et al. most poorly-known in Africa. This is a consequence of (2013a) summarised the herpetofauna of the inselbergs the physical inaccessibility of the region as well as the of northern Mozambique, they overlooked the valuable protracted civil war, which affected the study of many amphibian collections in the technical report by Branch areas. Mozambique is expected to have a large diversity (2004) from Niassa Game Reserve and the herpetofaunal of herpetofauna due to the variety of different habitat collections from Mount Mabu (Timberlake et al., 2012), types available and the large size (area) of the country. which led to underestimation and incorrect accounts of The lack of scientific studies of northern Mozambique the herpetofaunal diversity of the montane inselbergs of has led to widely disparate and inaccurate summaries northern Mozambique. of the herpetofaunal diversity of the country. While In November 2011 and May 2014 a team of scientists, there are no formal publications that explicitly deal mountain climbers, and conservationists had the with this topic, reputable internet sources indicate that opportunity to survey Mount Namuli, which resulted 221 reptile (Uetz, 2015) and 69 amphibian species in some additions to the herpetofauna of that area. (AmphibiaWeb, 2015) are expected to occur in the whole of Mozambique. -
Evaluation of the Captive Breeding Potential of Selected Reptile Taxa Included in Appendices I and II at CITES Cop17
Evaluation of the Captive Breeding Potential of selected Reptile Taxa included in Appendices I and II at CITES CoP17 Christian Langner Beate Pfau Ronny Bakowskie Clara Arranz Axel Kwet Title: Shinisaurus crocodilurus (Photo: Axel Kwet) Addresses of authors: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde e. V. (DGHT) Dr. Axel Kwet Haldenstraße 28 70736 Fellbach E-Mail: [email protected] Christian Langner Allwetterzoo Münster Altätte 23 48727 Billerbeck E-Mail: [email protected] Dr. Beate Pfau Rathenaustrasse 14 65326 Aarbergen E-Mail: [email protected] Ronny Bakowskie Täubchenweg 12 04317 Leipzig E-Mail: [email protected] Dr. Clara Arranz Heimatstrasse 5 79102 Freiburg E-Mail: [email protected] Supervision BfN: Dr. Mona van Schingen Fachgebiet II 1.1 „Wildlife Conservation“ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, CITES Scientific Authority (BfN) 2 Contents Prefeace ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Aims of the project ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….………… 5 Methods ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 6 Target Species ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 7 Glossary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………. 8 Lizards Anguidae …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………… 13 Chamaeleonidae ………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….…..…… 99 Gekkonidae …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…… 152 Lanthanotidae …………………………………………………………………………………….….…………………………………….…… 162 Shinisauridae ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……… -
A Phylogeny and Revised Classification of Squamata, Including 4161 Species of Lizards and Snakes
BMC Evolutionary Biology This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:93 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 Robert Alexander Pyron ([email protected]) Frank T Burbrink ([email protected]) John J Wiens ([email protected]) ISSN 1471-2148 Article type Research article Submission date 30 January 2013 Acceptance date 19 March 2013 Publication date 29 April 2013 Article URL http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/93 Like all articles in BMC journals, this peer-reviewed article can be downloaded, printed and distributed freely for any purposes (see copyright notice below). Articles in BMC journals are listed in PubMed and archived at PubMed Central. For information about publishing your research in BMC journals or any BioMed Central journal, go to http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/ © 2013 Pyron et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes Robert Alexander Pyron 1* * Corresponding author Email: [email protected] Frank T Burbrink 2,3 Email: [email protected] John J Wiens 4 Email: [email protected] 1 Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. -
Proposal for Amendment of Appendix I Or II for CITES Cop16
Idioma original: inglés CoP17 Prop. 27 CONVENCIÓN SOBRE EL COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL DE ESPECIES AMENAZADAS DE FAUNA Y FLORA SILVESTRES ____________________ Decimoséptima reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes Johannesburgo (Sudáfrica), 24 de septiembre – 5 de octubre de 2016 EXAMEN DE LAS PROPUESTAS DE ENMIENDA A LOS APÉNDICES I Y II A. Propuesta Incluir los géneros Rhampholeon spp. y Rieppeleon spp. en el Apéndice II. Esta propuesta de inclusión se formula con arreglo al Artículo II, párrafo 2 a) de la Convención, y en cumplimiento del Criterio B, Anexo 2 a) de la Res. Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16), Una especie debería incluirse en el Apéndice II cuando, atendiendo a datos comerciales y a la información disponible sobre el estado y la tendencia de la(s) población(es) silvestre(s), cumpla al menos uno de los siguientes criterios: B. se sabe, o puede deducirse o preverse, que es preciso reglamentar el comercio de la especie para garantizar que la recolección de especímenes del medio silvestre no reduce la población silvestre a un nivel en el que su supervivencia se vería amenazada por la continua recolección u otros factores. Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) spectrum (Buchholz, 1874) Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) temporalis (Matschie, 1892) Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) viridis (Mariaux and Tilbury, 2006) Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) acuminatus (Mariaux and Tilbury, 2006) Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) uluguruensis (Tilbury and Emmrich, 1996) Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (Matschie, 1892) Rieppeleon kerstenii (Peters, 1868) y de conformidad con el Artículo II, párrafo 2 b) de la Convención, en cumplimiento del Criterio A, Anexo 2 b) de la Res. Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16). Una especie puede incluirse en el Apéndice II con arreglo al párrafo 2 b) del Artículo II si cumple uno de los siguientes criterios: A. -
Patterns of Species Richness, Endemism and Environmental Gradients of African Reptiles
Journal of Biogeography (J. Biogeogr.) (2016) ORIGINAL Patterns of species richness, endemism ARTICLE and environmental gradients of African reptiles Amir Lewin1*, Anat Feldman1, Aaron M. Bauer2, Jonathan Belmaker1, Donald G. Broadley3†, Laurent Chirio4, Yuval Itescu1, Matthew LeBreton5, Erez Maza1, Danny Meirte6, Zoltan T. Nagy7, Maria Novosolov1, Uri Roll8, 1 9 1 1 Oliver Tallowin , Jean-Francßois Trape , Enav Vidan and Shai Meiri 1Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, ABSTRACT 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel, 2Department of Aim To map and assess the richness patterns of reptiles (and included groups: Biology, Villanova University, Villanova PA 3 amphisbaenians, crocodiles, lizards, snakes and turtles) in Africa, quantify the 19085, USA, Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe, PO Box 240, Bulawayo, overlap in species richness of reptiles (and included groups) with the other ter- Zimbabwe, 4Museum National d’Histoire restrial vertebrate classes, investigate the environmental correlates underlying Naturelle, Department Systematique et these patterns, and evaluate the role of range size on richness patterns. Evolution (Reptiles), ISYEB (Institut Location Africa. Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite, UMR 7205 CNRS/EPHE/MNHN), Paris, France, Methods We assembled a data set of distributions of all African reptile spe- 5Mosaic, (Environment, Health, Data, cies. We tested the spatial congruence of reptile richness with that of amphib- Technology), BP 35322 Yaounde, Cameroon, ians, birds and mammals. We further tested the relative importance of 6Department of African Biology, Royal temperature, precipitation, elevation range and net primary productivity for Museum for Central Africa, 3080 Tervuren, species richness over two spatial scales (ecoregions and 1° grids). We arranged Belgium, 7Royal Belgian Institute of Natural reptile and vertebrate groups into range-size quartiles in order to evaluate the Sciences, OD Taxonomy and Phylogeny, role of range size in producing richness patterns. -
2014 Faculty of Science Annual Report
2014 Faculty of Science Annual Report The Faculty of Science is respected within South Africa, Africa and the international • Biochemistry academic arena as an important knowledge-partner that plays an active role in the • Botany and Zoology development of South African society. • Chemistry and Polymer Science • Earth Sciences The 2014 annual report provides an overview of the Faculty’s activities in the fields • Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science) of research and innovation, teaching and learning and community outreach, followed • Microbiology by research highlights from each of our eight academic departments. Read about • Physics our footprint when it comes to collaborating with institutions in Africa and the rest • Physiological Sciences of the world, international recognition for our top researchers and postgraduate students, as well as the eight research chairs and two Centres of Excellence within the Faculty. Photo: Justin Alberts www.facebook.com/ www.twitter.com/ www.sun.ac.za/ StellenboschUniversityScience sciencesun english/faculty/science WORD FROM THE DEAN Welcome to our new look annual report for 2014. We hope this interactive format provides an interesting overview of the activities that took place in the Faculty of Science during 2014. On the following pages Prof. Terry Robinson, Vicedean: Research, provides an overview of the Faculty’s research achievements for 2014, with a special focus on the quality of our research outputs and the fact that our researchers published a record number of articles during 2014. The success of our students is a major priority for the Faculty. Prof. Ingrid Rewitzky, Vicedean: Teaching and Learning, presents the many new approaches and initiatives in this very important activity of the Faculty. -
Status, Trends and Future Dynamics of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Underpinning Nature’S Contributions to People 1
CHAPTER 3 . STATUS, TRENDS AND FUTURE DYNAMICS OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEMS UNDERPINNING NATURE’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEOPLE 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 STATUS, TRENDS AND CHAPTER FUTURE DYNAMICS OF BIODIVERSITY AND 3 ECOSYSTEMS UNDERPINNING NATURE’S CONTRIBUTIONS CHAPTER TO PEOPLE 4 Coordinating Lead Authors Review Editors: Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem (France), Jonas Ngouhouo-Poufoun (Cameroon) Amy E. Dunham (United States of America), Christopher Gordon (Ghana) This chapter should be cited as: CHAPTER Cormier-Salem, M-C., Dunham, A. E., Lead Authors Gordon, C., Belhabib, D., Bennas, N., Dyhia Belhabib (Canada), Nard Bennas Duminil, J., Egoh, B. N., Mohamed- (Morocco), Jérôme Duminil (France), Elahamer, A. E., Moise, B. F. E., Gillson, L., 5 Benis N. Egoh (Cameroon), Aisha Elfaki Haddane, B., Mensah, A., Mourad, A., Mohamed Elahamer (Sudan), Bakwo Fils Randrianasolo, H., Razafindratsima, O. H., 3Eric Moise (Cameroon), Lindsey Gillson Taleb, M. S., Shemdoe, R., Dowo, G., (United Kingdom), Brahim Haddane Amekugbe, M., Burgess, N., Foden, W., (Morocco), Adelina Mensah (Ghana), Ahmim Niskanen, L., Mentzel, C., Njabo, K. Y., CHAPTER Mourad (Algeria), Harison Randrianasolo Maoela, M. A., Marchant, R., Walters, M., (Madagascar), Onja H. Razafindratsima and Yao, A. C. Chapter 3: Status, trends (Madagascar), Mohammed Sghir Taleb and future dynamics of biodiversity (Morocco), Riziki Shemdoe (Tanzania) and ecosystems underpinning nature’s 6 contributions to people. In IPBES (2018): Fellow: The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Gregory Dowo (Zimbabwe) Africa. Archer, E., Dziba, L., Mulongoy, K. J., Maoela, M. A., and Walters, M. (eds.). CHAPTER Contributing Authors: Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Millicent Amekugbe (Ghana), Neil Burgess Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity (United Kingdom), Wendy Foden (South and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany, Africa), Leo Niskanen (Finland), Christine pp. -
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ______
CoP 17 Prop. xx CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA ______________________ Seventeenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Johannesburg, South Africa), 24 September to 5 October, 2016 CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENTS TO APPENDICES I AND II A. Proposal Inclusion of the African pygmy chameleons of the genera Rhampholeon spp. and Rieppeleon spp. in Appendix II. This proposed inclusion is in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(a) of the Convention, satisfying Criterion B, Annex 2(a) of Res. Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16). A species should be included in Appendix II when, on the basis of available trade data and information on the status and trends of the wild population(s), at least one of the following criteria is met:… B. It is known, or can be inferred or projected, that regulation of trade in the species is required to ensure that the harvest of specimens from the wild is not reducing the wild population to a level at which its survival might be threatened by continued harvesting or other influences. Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) spectrum (Buchholz, 1874) Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) temporalis (Matschie, 1892) Rhampholeon (Rhampholeon) viridis (Mariaux and Tilbury, 2006) Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) acuminatus (Mariaux and Tilbury, 2006) Rhampholeon (Rhinodigitum) uluguruensis (Tilbury and Emmrich, 1996) Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (Matschie, 1892) Rieppeleon kerstenii (Peters, 1868) and in accordance with Article II paragraph 2(b) of the Convention, satisfying Criteron A, Annex 2 (b) of Res. Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP16). Species may be included in Appendix II in accordance with Article II, paragraph 2 (b), if either one of the following criteria is met: A. -
Clinging to Survival: Critically Endangered Chapman's Pygmy Chameleon Rhampholeon Chapmanorum Persists in Shrinking Forest Patches
Clinging to survival: Critically Endangered Chapman's pygmy chameleon Rhampholeon chapmanorum persists in shrinking forest patches K RYSTAL A. TOLLEY,COLIN R. TILBURY,JESSICA M. DA S ILVA,GARY B ROWN Y ANKHO C HAPETA and C HRISTOPHER V. ANDERSON Abstract The Critically Endangered Chapman’spygmycha- Introduction meleon Rhampholeon chapmanorum is endemic to the low verall extinction risk for chameleons is substantially elevation rainforest of the Malawi Hills in southern Malawi. higher than the global average of c. % for squamate Much of this forest has been converted to agriculture and O reptiles (Böhm et al., ), with % of species categorized it was uncertain whether chameleon populations have per- as threatened and % as Near Threatened (IUCN, ). sisted. We used current and historical satellite imagery to Most threatened species are forest specialists, with habitat identify remaining forest patches and assess deforestation. loss and degradation being the primary threat (Tolley We then surveyed forest patches for the presence of this et al., ). Given that forest chameleons are intolerant of chameleon, and assessed its genetic diversity and structure. transformed habitats, as forest is lost chameleon popula- We estimated that % of the forest has been destroyed tions decline and become locally extinct. There are five since , although we found extant populations of the Critically Endangered forest-living chameleon species in chameleon in each of the patches surveyed. Differentiation mainland Africa, all threatened by forest loss (IUCN, of genetic structure was strong between populations, suggest- ). They inhabit small rainforest patches on mountain ing that gene flow has been impaired. Genetic diversity was inselbergs that tend to have high endemicity (Menegon not low, but this could be the result of a temporal lag as et al., ; Conradie et al., ; Gereau et al., ; well as lack of sensitivity in the mitochondrial marker used. -
Proposal for Amendment of Appendix I Or II for CITES Cop16
Original language: English CoP17 Prop. 28 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA ____________________ Seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Johannesburg (South Africa), 24 September – 5 October 2016 CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT OF APPENDICES I AND II A. Proposal Inclusion of the African pygmy chameleons of the genera Rhampholeon spp. and Rieppeleon spp. in Appendix II. These taxa have undergone frequent taxonomic changes and were originally all included in the genus Rhampholeon. Recent taxonomic revisions divide these chameleons into two genera, Rhampholeon and Rieppeleon (Matthee et al. 2004; Tilbury 2010); while in trade the old taxonomy is still dominant. Listing in accordance with Article II, Paragraph 2a, of the Convention, and Resolution 9.24 (Rev. CoP14) Annex 2a, Paragraph B, for Rhampholeon acuminatus (Mariaux & Tilbury 2006) Rhampholeon nchisiensis (Loveridge 1953) Rhampholeon spectrum (Buchholz 1874) Rhampholeon temporalis (Matschie, 1892) Rhampholeon uluguruensis (Tilbury & Emmrich 1996) Rhampholeon viridis (Mariaux & Tilbury 2006) Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (Matschie 1892) Rieppeleon kerstenii (Peters 1868) and in accordance with Article II, Paragraph 2b, of the Convention, and Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP 14), Annex 2b, Paragraph A, for Rhampholeon gorongosae (Broadley 1971) Rhampholeon marshalli (Boulenger 1906) Rhampholeon beraduccii (Mariaux & Tilbury 2006) Rhampholeon boulengeri (Steindachner 1911) Rhampholeon bruessoworum (Branch et al. 2014) Rhampholeon chapmanorum (Tilbury 1992) Rhampholeon hattinghi (Tilbury & Tolley 2015) Rhampholeon maspictus (Branch et al. 2014) Rhampholeon moyeri (Menegon et al. 2002) Rhampholeon nebulauctor (Branch et al. 2014) Rhampholeon platyceps (Günther 1892) Rhampholeon tilburyi (Branch et al. 2014) Rieppeleon brachyurus (Günther 1892) Rhampholeon spinosus is already listed in CITES Appendix II under its old name Bradypodion spinosum.