Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Chamaeleonidae Scientific name Kinyongia vanheygeni | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Subfamily Chamaeleoninae Rank Species | |
Similar Kinyongia tenuis, Böhme's Two‑horned Chameleon, Smooth chameleon, Swartberg dwarf chameleon, Strange‑nosed chameleon | ||
Van Heygen's chameleon (Kinyongia vanheygeni) is a chameleon native to the Ngozi Crater in the Poroto Mountains of Tanzania. It was named after Emmanuel Van Heygen, who took the first pictures of it in the wild.
References
Van Heygen's chameleon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA