Kinyongia multituberculata

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: Kinyongia multituberculata
Name
[edit]Kinyongia multituberculata (Nieden, 1913)
- Lectotype: ZMB 51344, ♂.
- Type locality: “Philippshof bei Wilhelmstal in Westusambara”.
Combinations
[edit]- Chamaeleo fischeri multituberculatus Nieden, 1913: 248 [original combination, as subspecies]
- Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum — Klaver & Böhme, 1986 [subsequent combination]
- Kinyongia fischeri multituberculatum — Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006 [subsequent combination]
- Kinyongia multituberculata — Mariaux, Lutzmann & Stipala, 2008 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Synonyms
[edit]- Chamaeleon fischeri werneri Nieden, 1913: 248
- Syntypes: ZMB 19268-69, 19271-74, 51350, 66710, 16087; NMW 23362 (formerly ZMB 19267) and MCZ 20195 (formerly ZMB 19270).
- Type locality: “Mlalo und Ambangulu in Westusambara”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Nieden, F. 1913. Chamaeleon fischeri Rchw. und seine Unterarten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1913: 231–249. BHL
- Klaver, C. & Böhme, W. 1986. Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology. Bonner zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64. BHL Reference page.
- 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. - 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.
Links
[edit]- Tolley, K., Menegon, M. & Plumptre, A. 2014. IUCN: Kinyongia multituberculata (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172574A1345983. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172574A1345983.en. Accessed on 14 May 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: West Usambara Two-horned Chameleon