Palleon

Genus of lizards

Palleon

Palleon nasus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Iguania
Family:  | Chamaeleonidae
Genus:  | Palleon
Glaw, Hawlitschek & Ruthensteiner, 2013
Type species
Brookesia nasus

Boulenger, 1887

Diversity
2 species

Palleon is a genus of small chameleons erected in 2013 for a small clade formerly assigned to the genus Brookesia.[1] The species of Palleon are endemic to Madagascar.

## Species

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* Palleon lolontany Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1995
* Palleon nasus (Boulenger, 1887) – elongate leaf chameleon
* Palleon nasus nasus
* Palleon nasus pauliani

## References

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1. ^ Glaw, F.; Hawlitschek, O. & Ruthensteiner, B. (2013). "A new genus name for an ancient Malagasy chameleon clade and a PDF-embedded 3D model of its skeleton". Salamandra. 49: 237–238.237-238&rft.date=2013&rft.au=Glaw,+F.&rft.au=Hawlitschek,+O.&rft.au=Ruthensteiner,+B.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Palleon" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Palleon|

* Wikidata: Q15698510
* CoL: 6CS5
* GBIF: 4833036
* iNaturalist: 488403
* IRMNG: 1483207
* ITIS: 981303
* NCBI: 1538431

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