Kinyongia boehmei
Kinyongia boehmei is species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The IUCN Red List gives two alternative English common names for this species: Taita blade-horned chameleon and Böhme's two-horned chameleon.[1] The species is endemic to Kenya.
Kinyongia boehmei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Kinyongia |
Species: | K. boehmei |
Binomial name | |
Kinyongia boehmei | |
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Etymology
The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[3]
Geographic range
K. boehmei is found only in the Taita Hills of southeastern Kenya, at altitudes of 1,200 to 2,200 m (3,900 to 7,200 ft).[2]
References
- Tolley, K. (2014). "Kinyongia boehmei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172564A1345493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172564A1345493.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Species Kinyongia boehmei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinyongia boehmei, p. 30).
Further reading
- Lutzmann, Nicolà; Nečas, Petr (2002). "Zum Status von Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891) aus den Taita Hills, Kenia, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) [= On the status of Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891) from the Taita Hills, Kenya, with description of a new subspecies (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae)]". Salamandra 38 (1): 5–14. (Bradypodion tavetanum boehmi, new subspecies, pp. 6–11, Figures 1–4). (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual figure captions).
- Mariaux, Jean; Lutzmann, Nicolà; Stipala, Jan (2008). "The two-horned chamaeleons of East Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152 (2): 367–391. (Kinyongia boehmei, new status).
- Tilbury, Colin R.; Tolley, Krystal A.; Branch, William R. (2006). "A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera". Zootaxa 1363: 23–38. (Kinyongia tavetana boehmei, new combination).
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