Palleon Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. A new genus name for an ancient Malagasy chameleon clade and a PDF-embedded 3D model of its skeleton . Glaw, F. . Hawlitschek, O. . Ruthensteiner, B. . amp . Salamandra . 2013 . 49 . 237–238.