Kinyongia

Kinyongia — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Lacertilia
Infraordo: Iguania
Parvordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: K. adolfifriderici K. asheorum K. carpenteri K. excubitor K. fischeri K. gyrolepis K. magomberae K. matschiei K. msuyae K. multituberculata K. mulyai K. oxyrhinum K. tavetanum K. tenue K. uthmoelleri K. vanheygeni K. vosseleri K. xenorhinum

Name

Kinyongia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006

  • Type species: Chamaeleo fischeri Reichenow, 1887, by original designation.

References

Primary references

  • Menegon, M.; Tolley, K.A.; Jones, T.; Rovero, F.; Marshall, A.R.; Tilbury, C.R. 2009: A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania. African journal of herpetology, 58: 59–70. ISSN: 0441-6651 PDF
  • Nečas, P. 2009: A new chameleon of the genus Kinyongia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch 2006 from Poroto Mts., southern Tanzania (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaelonidae). Sauria, 31(2): 41–48. [not seen]
  • Nečas, P.; Sindaco, R.; Kořený, L.; Kopečná, J.; Malonza, P.K.; Modrý, D. 2009: Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa, 2028: 41–50. Abstract & excerpt
  • Tilbury, C.R.; Tolley, K.A.; Branch, W.R. 2006: A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa, 1363: 23–38. Abstract & excerpt

Additional references

  • Eli Greenbaum, Krystal A. Tolley, Abdulmeneem Joma, and Chifundera Kusamba (2012) A New Species of Chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Northern Albertine Rift, Central Africa. Herpetologica: March 2012, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 60–75. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00026.1 [abstract only seen]
  • Klaver, C.; Böhme, W. 1988: Systematics of Bradypodion tenue (Matschie, 1892) (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) with a description of a new species from the Uluguru and Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 39: 381–393.
  • Lutzmann, N.; Nečas, P. 2002: On the status of Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891) from Taita-Hills, Kenya, with description of a new subspecies (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Salamandra, 38: 5–14.

Vernacular names

English: African Chameleons
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