Kinyongia xenorhina

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: Kinyongia xenorhina
Name
[edit]Kinyongia xenorhina (Boulenger, 1901)
- Syntypes (n=2): BMNH} 1946.8.21.64-65, ♂ and ♀.
- Type locality: “Mount Ruwenzori at an altitude of 6000 feet”.
Combinations
[edit]- Chamaeleon xenorhinus Boulenger, 1901: 135 [original combination]
- Chamaeleo xenorhinus — Mertens, 1966 [subsequent combination]
- Bradypodion xenorhinum — Klaver & Böhme, 1986 [subsequent combination]
- Kinyongia xenorhinum — Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Boulenger, G.A. 1901. Description of two new Chamaeleon from Mount Ruwenzori, British East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 135–136. 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.
Additional references
[edit]- Broadley, D.G. 1998. The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers]. SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
Links
[edit]- Tolley, K., Plumptre, A. & Menegon, M. 2014. IUCN: Kinyongia xenorhina (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172546A1344969. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172546A1344969.en. Accessed on 15 May 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Ruwenzori Plate-nosed Chameleon