Taxonomy of the Rhampholeon boulengeri Complex (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae): Five New Species from Central Africa’s Albertine Rift Author Hughes, Daniel F. Department of Biology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, USA. Author Behangana, Mathias Department of Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, P. O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda. Author Lukwago, Wilber Department of Environment and Social Safeguards, Uganda National Roads Authority UNRA, P. O. Box 28487, Kampala, Uganda. Author Menegon, Michele Division of Biology & Conservation Ecology, School of Science & the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. & PAMS Foundation, P. O. Box 16556, Arusha, Tanzania. Author Dehling, J. Maximilian Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften, Abteilung Biologie, AG Zoologie, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Universitätsstrasse 1, 56070 Koblenz, Germany. Author Wagner, Philipp Allwetterzoo Münster, Sentruper Str 315, D 48161 Münster, Germany. Author Tilbury, Colin R. Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X 1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa. Author South, Trisan Department of Biology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, USA. ttsouth21@coe.edu Author Kusamba, Chifundera Laboratoire d’Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, République Démocratique du Congo. Author Greenbaum, Eli Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-30 5458 4 451 494 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5458.4.1 journal article 298599 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.4.1 b6da0079-81a1-4765-bc88-7302a3faa11c 1175-5326 11547851 D3F0A8C2-84EC-47F2-85E8-57DB3FA9EB4A

TABLE 3. Summary of meristic and mensural characters in specimens of Rhampholeon plumptrei sp. nov., R. nalubaale sp. nov., and R. bombayi sp. nov. Linear measurements (in mm) and scale counts are given as mean ± standard deviation, followed by range in parentheses. See Materials and Methods for explanation of character abbreviations.

	Rhampholeon plumptrei sp. nov.		Rhampholeon nalubaale sp. nov.	Rhampholeon bombayi sp. nov.
	Males	Females	Females	Males	Females
	n = 18	n = 18	n = 19	n = 14	n = 22
SVL	42.5 ± 7.3 (27.7–53.3)	50.8 ± 6.3 (30.3–60.2)	49.4 ± 5.2 (39.3–56.2)	41.5 ± 5.3 (31.0–47.6)	47.9 ± 5.2 (40.8–59.1)
TL	12.3 ± 2.2 (9–15.7)	11.9 ± 1.4 (8.3–13.9)	11.9 ± 1.3 (8.8–13.9)	12.9 ± 2.8 (9.3–18.9)	11.4 ± 0.9 (10.0–13.4)
ToL	54.8 ± 8.9 (37.5–68.4)	62.7 ± 7.2 (38.6–72.6)	61.4 ± 6.3 (48.1–69.5)	54.4 ± 7.4 (40.3–63.9)	59.3 ± 5.2 (51.7–70.1)
HL	13.4 ± 1.7 (10.6–16.3)	15.1 ± 1.3 (11.5–16.6)	15.2 ± 1.3 (12.3–16.9)	13.5 ± 1.5 (10.6–15.1)	14.6 ± 0.9 (13.0–16.9)
HW	7.7 ± 1.1 (5.6–9.6)	8.6 ± 0.9 (5.6–9.6)	8.2 ± 0.7 (6.6–9.4)	7.7 ± 0.7 (6.3–8.7)	8.2 ± 0.5 (7.6–9.5)
HH	7.1 ± 0.7 (5.8–8.3)	7.8 ± 0.7 (6.5–10.3)	7.7 ± 0.8 (5.6–8.9)	7.0 ± 0.6 (5.9–7.9)	7.5 ± 0.5 (6.2–8.5)
ML	8.5 ± 1.2 (6.3–10.9)	9.8 ± 0.9 (8.3–11.8)	9.9 ± 1.1 (7.8–11.6)	8.6 ± 1.0 (6.2–10.0)	9.5 ± 0.8 (8.2–11.6)
CE	6.5 ± 0.9 (5.1–7.9)	7.1 ± 0.5 (5.6–8.0)	7.2 ± 0.6 (5.7–8.1)	6.6 ± 0.7 (5.3–7.5)	6.9 ± 0.4 (6.4–7.9)
SL	4.7 ± 0.7 (3.4–5.9)	5.3 ± 0.5 (3.9–6.2)	5.4 ± 0.5 (4.2–6.3)	4.5 ± 0.5 (3.7–5.1)	5.2 ± 0.6 (4.2–7.2)
ED	4.1 ± 0.7 (2.7–5.6)	4.4 ± 0.5 (3.4–5.3)	4.5 ± 0.4 (3.4–5.2)	4.1 ± 0.6 (3.1–4.9)	4.2 ± 0.3 (3.8–5.0)
CC	5.8 ± 0.8 (3.9–6.9)	6.0 ± 0.5 (4.9–6.9)	5.7 ± 0.6 (4.5–6.6)	5.6 ± 0.8 (3.9–6.9)	5.7 ± 0.5 (4.8–6.7)
IL	22.1 ± 4.5 (11.6–28.0)	28.6 ± 3.7 (17.1–33.8)	27.3 ± 3.4 (20.0–31.3)	21.3 ± 2.7 (15.8–24.7)	25.8 ± 3.2 (21.1–32.4)
FLL	8.9 ± 1.4 (6.3–10.9)	9.8 ± 0.8 (7.8–11.0)	9.9 ± 1.4 (6.9–12.7)	8.8 ± 1.2 (6.4–10.7)	9.6 ± 0.7 (8.8–11.3)
HLL	8.4 ± 1.5 (5.7–10.6)	9.3 ± 0.9 (6.5–10.8)	9.3 ± 1.1 (6.6–11.0)	8.4 ± 1.3 (5.9–10.3)	9.0 ± 0.7 (8.1–10.7)
UL	93.1 ± 5.9 (82–101)	96.6 ± 8.4 (80–110)	92.5 ± 5.9 (76–102)	94.3 ± 6.2 (88–106)	94.8 ± 8.3 (78–108)
LL	92.8 ± 5.8 (84–104)	93.8 ± 5.7 (84–104)	92 ± 4.1 (86–98)	89.3 ± 7.8 (72–100)	91.6 ± 6.3 (80–106)
RP	1.4 ± 0.4 (0.9–2.1)	1.4 ± 0.2 (0.9–1.8)	1.5 ± 0.2 (1.0–1.9)	1.4 ± 0.4 (0.9–2.0)	1.4 ± 0.3 (0.9–1.9)
TL/SVL	0.29 ± 0.04 (0.20–0.35)	0.23 ± 0.03 (0.20–0.28)	0.24 ± 0.02 (0.21–0.27)	0.31 ± 0.05 (0.24–0.44)	0.24 ± 0.03 (0.18–0.30)