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Downloaded from Brill.Com09/24/2021 11:26:01AM Via Free Access 8 D tot de Dierkunde 58 7-11 — 1988 Bijdragen , (1): The skull of Chamaeleo nasutus adds more information to the relationship of Chamaeleo with Rhampholeonand Brookesia (Chamaeleonidae, Reptilia) by D. Hillenius Institute of Taxonomic Zoology (Zoologisch Museum), University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 4766, 1009 AT Amsterdam, The Netherlands Abstract In the of a foregoing paper on relationships Brookesia and Rhampholeon with Chamaeleo The form of the skull of Chamaeleo nasutus, especially the (Hillenius, 1986) I concluded that both former broad, trigonal parietal, is strikingly similar to the skull of derived from Chamaeleo and that the Rhampholeon. This supports the hypothesis (Hillenius, genera are 1986) that of all chameleons the of species around group probably nearest relatives can be found in the Ch. is the related nasutus most closely to Rhampholeon. Ch. group of species around nasutus. Microcomplement fixation has confirmed the Résumé first of this conclusion: Brookesia and Rham- part Le crâne de Chamaeleo nasutus est absolument similaire — à — in pholeon probably originally one taxon celui valable le de Rhampholeon, ce qui est surtout pour have split off from Chamaeleo long after other pariétal qui est large et triangulaire. Ceci vient à l’appui branches of Chamaeleo originated (Hofman et de les Caméléons les l’hypothèse (Hillenius, 1986) que plus in ceux du al., press). étroitement apparentés Rhampholeon sontàgroupe The skulls of and how- d’espèces gravitant autour de Ch. nasutus. Rhampholeon Brookesia, differ from all Chamaeleo ever, considerably skulls that were examined until recently. So I INTRODUCTION considered it of importance to obtain a skull of member of the of around Ch. a group species On several occasions it has been pointed out nasutus to see ifany indication of relationship to that Brookesia Gray, 1864 and Rhampholeon Giin- the deviating form of skulls of Rhampholeon ther, 1874 share a number of characters with and/or Brookesia might be found. the group of species around Chamaeleo nasutus Dumeril Klaver & Bibron, 1836. (1979) argued that the but in MATERIAL AND METHOD agreements were parallellisms fact he did not the arguments for this provide Thanks to the courtesy ofDr. E. R. Brygoo, curator of the In later Klaver of the Museum National assumption. a paper (1981) con- herpetological department d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, I received in cluded that Chamaeleo was derived from exchange a specimen of Chamaeleo nasutus. The skull was carefully Brookesia. macerated in the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam and inscribed under number 16170. It has been compared to Note added A. — Dr. D. Hillenius skulls of of all the t by Zuiderwijk. unex- representatives species groups belonging Chamaeleo described Klaver, and to pectedly died on May 4th, 1987. This posthumous to (as by 1981), contributes the discussion the of the Brookesia + publication to on taxonomy representatives group Rhampholeon. Skulls of the all with the collection of as did the main of his scientific work. following specimens, chameleons, part The of this in number of the Museum of Amsterdam, have text paper is, essential, an unchanged Zoological that found in his Drs. W. been examined in detail: manuscript was papers. Chamaeleo basiliscus Ch. chamaeleon no. Bergmans was helpful to select the skulls for the illustra- no. 15223, 10267, tions. Mr. L. van der Laan made the photographs and Ch. fischeri no. 14409, Ch. jacksonii no. 16172, Ch. johnstoni Ch. lateralis Ch. montium Mr. J. Zaagman composed the figures. We thank Drs. no. 15216, no. 10168, no. 16174, Ch. Klaver for nomenclatural corrections in Ch. nasutus oustaleti 15215 and making some no. 16170, Ch. no. no. the manuscript. 10165, Ch. oweni no. 15221, Ch. pardalis no. 14332, Ch. Downloaded from Brill.com09/24/2021 11:26:01AM via free access 8 D. HILLENIUS - CHAMAELEO SKULLS lateral view view of the Fig. 1. Rhampholeon spectrum, (a) and dorsal (b) same skull. Ch. Ch. Ch. pumilus no. 15217, senegalensis no. 15224, tigris no lateralis Gray, 1831, Ch. pardalis Cuvier, 1829, Ch. kerstenii 16173, zeylanicus no. 15222, Rhampholeon no Ch. fischeri Reichenow, 1887 and Ch. tigris 15565, and Rh. spectrum no. 10264. Kuhl, 1820; group C: Ch. chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758), Ch. DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION chamaeleon zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768, Ch. basiliscus Cope, 1868, and Ch. senegalensis The skull of Chamaeleo be nasutus proves to quite Daudin, 1802; different from skulls of other chameleons of the E: Ch. oweni Ch. montium group Gray, 1831, genus Chamaeleo (see figs. 2 and 3), and less dif- Buchholz, 1874, and Ch. johnstoni Boulenger, ferent from skulls of members of Klaver's group 1901; of Brookesia F: Ch. Ch. A, consisting and Rhampholeon. The group jacksonii Boulenger, 1896, likeness of the nasutus skull with that of Rham- bitaeniatus Fischer, 1884, Ch. hoehnelli Stein- pholeon in particular is striking (see figs. 1 and dachner, 1891, and Ch. ellioti Giinther, 1895. 2). The only deviating skull known until now In in most chameleons the parietal is a narrow was Ch. pumilus c.s. (group B, see fig. 4), curved crestlike bone, horizontally straight or which the parietal forms a broad bone with in vertical We this of skull in lateralborders. This of a plane. find type parallel parietal was one (see fig. 3): the main arguments of several herpetologists Ch. whom South group B: oustaleti Mocquard, 1894, (among most Africans, see Raw, Fig. 2. Chamaeleo nasutus, lateral (a) and dorsal view (b) of the same skull. Downloaded from Brill.com09/24/2021 11:26:01AM via free access - 1988 9 BIJDRAGEN TOT DE DIERKUNDE, 58 (1) 3. of E and Left lateral side: dorsal view of Fig. Representatives species group B, C, F, respectively. side: view; right the b: Ch. d: Ch. f: Ch. h: Ch. same specimen; a & oustaleti, c & senegalensis, e & oweni, g & jacksonii. Downloaded from Brill.com09/24/2021 11:26:01AM via free access 10 D. HILLENIUS - CHAMAELEO SKULLS Fig. 4. Chamaeleo pumilus, lateral (a) and dorsal view (b) of the same skull. 1976) to regard pumilus c.s. as belonging to - inguinal pits in some species (not occurring in other of separate genera (Microsaura, Bradypodion etc.). groups Chamaeleo). that such broad The Klaver (1981) argued a only important difference between would be and parietal a plesiomorphic character Rhampholeon Ch. nasutus c.s. is the deviating but I that broad and which has in (1986) pointed out narrow squamation Rhampholeon common in the related with Brookesia. Brookesia differs from parietals occur families Iguanidae Ch. nasutus and and in the flexible the Agamidae that, moreover, Sphenodon lacking appendages on snout, the conservative the of Brookesia be Gray, 1872, very represen- although snout nasus may tative of the and Rhynchocephalia (Romer, 1956), regarded as more or less similar. Axillary of the also do in Brookesia and the sister-group Squamata, possesses a inguinal pits not occur which form of the is somewhat narrow parietal, makes it more probable parietal different from that is Micro- and Ch. a narrow parietal plesiomorphic. that of Rhampholeon nasutus c.s., complement fixation (Hofman et al., in press) although it is closer to both these groups than to indicates that Ch. of Chamaeleo. also pumilus c.s. are a younger other species branch within Chamaeleo than the confirmed groups C, E At the end of my 1986 paper I and F. Klaver's (1979) suggestion that Rhampholeon is The parietal of Ch. nasutus is trigonal, like intermediate between Chamaeleo and Brookesia. that of Rhampholeon. The only difference is that The form of the skull of Chamaeleo nasutus adds skull the nasutus as a whole is narrower than the more argument to this confirmation. of all and Ch. one Rhampholeon. 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