Kinyongia msuyae

Kinyongia msuyae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

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

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

Name

Kinyongia msuyae Menegon, Loader, Davenport, Howell, Tilbury, Machaga & Tolley, 2015: 114

• Holotype: MTSN 9374, adult ♂, collected by by Michele Menegon, Tim Davenport, Simon Loader, Sandra Dürren-berger, Sandra Rudolf and Sophy Machaga in January 2011.
• Type locality: “Mdandu Forest Reserve, Livingstone Mountains 1900 m above sea level, Mbeya Region, South Eastern Tanzania (-9.769549621; 34.78832024)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Kinyongia msuyae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Msuya’s Forest Chameleon