Rhampholeon moyeri, also known commonly as Moyer's pygmy chameleon and the Udzungwa pygmy chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.
Taxonomy Rhampholeon moyeri is currently thought to be paraphyletic because some populations of chameleons, including some at the Uzungwa Scarp Nature Reserve, consist of separate clades that could represent different species (Matthee et al., 2004; Fisseha et al., 2013).
Geographic distribution Rhampholeon moyeri is found in the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania.
Type locality: Kihanga Valley, Uzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve (Luhega), Udzungwa Mountains, SE Tanzania.
Habitat The natural habitat of Rhampholeon moyeri is forest, which has not been degraded or transformed, at elevations of .
Behavior Rhampholeon moyeri is terrestrial and diurnal. By day it actively forages in the leaf litter of the forest. It climbs vegetation to find a perch to sleep at night.
Reproduction Rhampholeon moyeri is oviparous.
Etymology Rhampholeon moyeri is named after zoologist David C. Moyer, who collected the first known specimen.
Description The maximum total length (tail included) of Rhampholeon moyeri is for females, for males.
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Further reading
(Rhampholeon moyeri, new species). 624 pp. (Rhampholeon moyeri, p. 252).