Kinyongia

Kinyongia multituberculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species (23): K. adolfifriderici – K. asheorum – K. boehmei – K. carpenteri – K. excubitor – K. fischeri – K. gyrolepis – K. itombwensis – K. magomberae – K. matschiei – K. msuyae – K. multituberculata – K. mulyai – K. oxyrhina – K. rugegensis – K. tavetana – K. tenuis – K. tolleyae – K. uluguruensis – K. uthmoelleri – K. vanheygeni – K. vosseleri – K. xenorhina

Name

Kinyongia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006: 34

• Type species: Chamaeleo fischeri Reichenow, 1887, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• 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(1): 23–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1363.1.2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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(4): 381–393. BHL Reference page. 
• Lutzmann, N. & Nečas, P. 2002. Zum Status von Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891) aus den Taita Hills, Kenia, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Salamandra 38(1): 5–14. PDF Reference page. 
• Tilbury, C.R., Tolley, K.A. & Branch, W.R. 2007. Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 1426(1): 68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1426.1.6 Reference page. 
• Mariaux, J., Lutzmann, N. & Stipala, J. 2008. The two-horned chamaeleons of East Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(2): 367–391. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00332.x Reference page. 
• 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(2): 59–70. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026 Reference page. 
• Nečas, P. 2009. Ein neues Chamäleon der Gattung Kinyongia Tilbury, Tolley & Branch 2006 aus den Poroto-Bergen, Süd-Tansania (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Sauria 31(2): 41–48. PDF Reference page. 
• 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(1): 41–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2028.1.4 Reference page. 
• Greenbaum, E., Tolley, K.A., Joma, A. & Kusamba, C. 2012. A New Species of Chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Northern Albertine Rift, Central Africa. Herpetologica 68(1): 60–75. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00026.1 Reference page. 
• Menegon, M., Loader, S.P., Davenport, T.R.B., Howell, K.M., Tilbury, C.R., Machaga, S. & Tolley, K.A. 2015. A new species of Chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) highlights the biological affinities between the Southern Highlands and Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Acta Herpetologica 10(2): 111–120. DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-17171 Reference page. 
• Tilbury, C.R. & Tolley, K.A. 2015. Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Albertine Rift: Two new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) from an isolated montane forest, south eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Zootaxa 3905(3): 345–364. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.3.2 Reference page. 
• Hughes, D.F., Kusamba, C., Behangana, M. & Greenbaum, E. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of the Central African forest chameleon, Kinyongia adolfifriderici (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), reveals underestimated species diversity in the Albertine Rift. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(2): 400–438. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx005. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Kinyongia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: East African Dwarf Chameleons