Kinyongia vosseleri

Kinyongia vosseleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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

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

Name

Kinyongia vosseleri (Nieden, 1913)

• Lectotype: ZMB 51347, ♂.
• Type locality: “Tanga, Buloa b. Tanga, Magrotto, Amani, Nguelo, Ukami und Usaramo”.

Combinations

• Chamaeleon fischeri vosseleri Nieden, 1913: 247 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Kinyongia vosseleri — Mariaux, Lutzmann & Stipala, 2008 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Nieden, F. 1913. Chamaeleon fischeri Rchw. und seine Unterarten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1913: 231–249. BHL
• 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

• Tolley, K. & Menegon, M. 2014. IUCN: Kinyongia vosseleri  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172525A1344219. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172525A1344219.en. Accessed on 14 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Vosseler's Blade-Horned Chameleon