Kinyongia tavetana

Kinyongia tavetana (common names: Kilimanjaro two-horned chameleon, Dwarf Fischer's chameleon) is a chameleon in the genus Kinyongia. It is native to southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Its type locality is Mount Kilimanjaro,[2] but it is also known from Chyulu Hills and Mount Meru to the Pare Mountains.[3] Until 2008, it was widely confused with K. fischeri, but the ranges of the two species do not overlap.[3]

Kinyongia tavetana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. tavetana
Binomial name
Kinyongia tavetana
(Steindachner, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891)
  • Kinyongia tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891)

The species' length averages 9.5 inches, and it is usually brown, green and grey. Males have two "saw blade" flattened false horns, while the females lack these distinctive feature.

References
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  1. Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia tavetana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172544A1344860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172544A1344860.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Kinyongia tavetana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 April 2014.
  3. Mariaux J, Lutzmann N, Stipala J. 2008. The two horned chameleons of East Africa. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152: 367-391.


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