Kinyongia vosseleri
Kinyongia vosseleri, also known commonly as the Usambara two-horned chameleon and Vosseler's blade-horned chameleon, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Kinyongia |
| Species: | K. vosseleri |
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| Kinyongia vosseleri (Nieden, 1913) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, vosseleri, is in honor of German zoologist Julius Vosseler.[3]
Geographic range and habitat
K. vosseleri is only found in forests in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, at an altitude of up to c. 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1] Its range overlaps with the closely related K. matschiei, whereas K. multituberculata is found in the West Usambara Mountains.[4]
Taxonomy
K. vosseleri was formerly included in K. fischeri, which is not found in the range of K. vosseleri.[1][4]
See also
- Trioceros deremensis, the Usambara three-horned chameleon
References
- Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia vosseleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172525A1344219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172525A1344219.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Species Kinyongia vosseleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinyongia vosseleri, p. 277).
- Mariaux J, Lutzmann N, Stipala J (2008). "The two horned chameleons of East Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 367-391.
Further reading
- Nieden F (1913). "Chamaeleon fischeri Rchw. und seine Unterarten ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1913 (4): 231–249 + Plates XIV–XVI. (Chamaeleon fischeri vosseleri, new subspecies, pp. 247–248 + Plate XV, figure 5, male; Plate XVI, figure 9, female). (in German).
- Spawls, Stephen; Howell. Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Kinyongia vosseleri, p. 278).
- Tilbury, Colin (2010). Chameleons of Africa, an Atlas, including the chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 831 pp. ISBN 978-3899734515. (Kinyongia vosseleri, p. 418).
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