Kinyongia — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta 

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

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


[list of species after Tilbury, Tolley & Branch (2006: 34), Nečas et al. (2009), Nečas (2009), Menegon et al. (2009)]

+ 5 others?

Name

Kinyongia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006

Gender

feminine

Type species

  • Chamaeleo fischeri Reichenow, 1887, by original designation

References

cited sources

  • 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

Kinyongia

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