Kinyongia boehmei

Kinyongia boehmei
Male above, female below
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. boehmei
Binomial name
Kinyongia boehmei
(Lutzmann & Nečas, 2002)
Synonyms[2]
  • Bradypodion tavetanum boehmei
    Lutzmann & Nečas, 2002
  • Kinyongia tavetana boehmei
    — Tilbury et al., 2006
  • Kinyongia boehmei
    — Mariaux et al., 2008

Kinyongia boehmei, the Taita blade-horned chameleon, Böhme's two-horned chameleon and Dwarf fischer's chameleon, is species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae, found only in the Taita Hills of southeastern Kenya.[1][2] It is the smallest species in the East African "two-horned chameleon" group and until 2008 it was generally considered a part of K. tavetana.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Tolley, K. (2014). "Kinyongia boehmei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172564A1345493. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172564A1345493.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Species Kinyongia boehmei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Lutzmann, N.; Nečas, N. (2002). "Zum Status von Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891) aus den Taita Hills, Kenia, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae)". Salamandra. 38 (1): 5–14.
  4. ^ 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.