The Mount Mabu chameleon (''Nadzikambia baylissi'') is one of two

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in the

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Nadzikambia Currently, two species are placed in the recently established genus ''Nadzikambia'' (derived from the species' name in Chichewa). They are plesiomorphic, small chameleons from the Ruo Gorge forest on Mount Mulanje in Malawi and Mount Mabu in Mo ...

'' (derived from the species' name in Chichewa). It is a small chameleon from Mount Mabu in

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

References

* (2010): A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Nadzikambia) from Mount Mabu, central Mozambique. ''Afr. J. Herpetol.'' 59(2): 157–172. * http://www.chameleoninfo.com/Species_Profiles.html Endemic fauna of Mozambique Nadzikambia Reptiles described in 2010 Taxa named by William Roy Branch Taxa named by Krystal A. Tolley {{chameleon-stub