Kinyongia xenorhinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

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

Name

Kinyongia xenorhinum (Boulenger, 1901)

Type locality: Mt. Ruwenzori (6000 ft. elevation), Uganda.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleon xenorhinus Boulenger 1901
• Chamaeleo xenorhinos — Broadley 1998
• Bradypodion xenorhinum — Necas 1999: 276

References

• Boulenger, G. A. 1901. Description of two new Chamaeleon from Mount Ruwenzori, British East Africa. Proc. zool. Soc., London 1901: 135–136.
• 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, 23–38.
• 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.
• Kinyongia xenorhinum at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Strange-nosed Chameleon; Single Welded-horn Chameleon