Rosette-nosed chameleon

Rosette-nosed chameleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Rhampholeon
Species: R. spinosus
Binomial name
Rhampholeon spinosus
(Matschie, 1892)
Synonyms

Chamaeleo spinosum
Bradypodion spinosum

The rosette-nosed chameleon (Rhampholeon spinosus) is a small species of chameleon found in virgin forest and woodland of both the eastern and western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania. This endangered species is predominantly ash-grey in colouration, with a distinctive rosette-like nasal appendage.

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