Kinyongia tenue

Kinyongia tenue

Kinyongia tenue — 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 Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: Kinyongia tenue

Name

Kinyongia tenue (Matschie, 1892)

Type locality: Derema, Usambara Mts., Tanzania.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleon tenuis Matschie 1892
• Bradypodion tenue — Necas 1999: 195
• Kinyongia tenuis — Tilbury et al. 2006

References

• Matschie, P. 1892. Über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren und Reptilien, welche Herr L. Conradt aus Usambara (Deutsch Ostafrika) heimgebracht hat. Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde, Berlin (1892): 101–110.
• 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.
• Gockel M., Hufer, H. & Kallas S. 2001. Biotopbeobachtung, Haltung und Vermehrung von Bradypodion tenue (MATSCHIE 1892). Elaphe 9 (2): 11–17.
• Kinyongia tenue at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Matschie's Dwarf Chameleon; Usambara Soft-horned Chameleon