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Kinyongia

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Chamaeleonidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Suborder
  
Lacertilia

Scientific name
  
Kinyongia

Higher classification
  
Chameleons

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Lower classifications
  
Fischer's chameleon, Böhme's Two‑horned Chameleon, Strange‑nosed chameleon, Sharp‑nosed chameleon

Exo terra reptile expedition third discovery kinyongia vanheygeni


Kinyongia (derived from the species' name in Kiswahili language) is a chameleon genus recently established for several plesiomorphic species found in forest and woodland in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and far eastern DR Congo. All except K. adolfifriderici and K. tavetana are restricted to highlands and many have very small distributions. In most, at least the males have horns or knobs on their noses. They were erroneously placed into Bradypodion for some time. It has recently been pointed out that the ending to the specific epithet in several of the below listed species should be modified to match the feminine genus name.

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Species

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  • Ituri chameleon, K. adolfifriderici
  • Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon, K. asheorum
  • Boehme's chameleon, K. boehmei
  • Carpenter's chameleon, K. carpenteri
  • Mt. Kenya hornless chameleon, K. excubitor
  • Lendu chameleon, K. gyrolepis
  • Fischer's chameleon, K. fischeri
  • Magombera chameleon, K. magomberae
  • Giant monkey-tailed east Usambara two-horned chameleon, K. matschiei
  • West Usambara two-horned chameleon, K. multituberculata
  • Sharp-nosed chameleon, K. oxyrhina
  • Dwarf two-horned chameleon, K. tavetana
  • Usambara soft-horned chameleon, K. tenuis
  • Uluguru two-horned chameleon, K. uluguruensis
  • Hanang hornless chameleon, K. uthmoelleri
  • Van Heygen's chameleon, K. vanheygeni
  • East Usambara two-horned chameleon, K. vosseleri
  • Strange-nosed chameleon, K. xenorhina

  • Kinyongia Kinyongia asheorum The Reptile Database

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    Kinyongia Kinyongia tenuis Wikipedia

    Kinyongia 08FebLutzmann

    References

    Kinyongia Wikipedia