Kinyongia asheorum

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Holotype: MCCI R 1212, adult ♂, collected by a local tribesman and donated to Roberto Sindaco and Luca Borghesio on 14 February 2004.
Type locality: “estimated elevation 2.000-2.400 meters on the eastern slope of Mt. Nyiro, between Korante and the top (Kosi Kosi), Northern Frontier Division of Kenya”.

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.

Tolley, K., Menegon, M. & Plumptre, A. 2020. IUCN: Kinyongia asheorum (Near Threatened) (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T172540A176532327. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T172540A176532327.en. Accessed on 14 May 2026.