Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 207

Chamaeleo dilepis Leach, 1819

Flap-neck Chameleon

Material. MOUNT SOCONE (base): MHNM. Rep.2018.0002. Identification. Currently eight subspecies are recognized within C. dilepis ( Main et al. 2018) . We assign this specimen ( Fig. 4C) to the typical race based on the presence of large moveable occipital lobes ( Tilbury 2018) and sequence similarity with C. d. dilepis from northern Mozambique (98% sequence similarity; DQ 923816). Comments. Local villagers brought two additional individuals to the campsite at the base of Mount Lico that were identified and subsequently released.