West Usambara two-horned chameleon

West Usambara two-horned chameleon
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. multituberculata
Binomial name
Kinyongia multituberculata
(Nieden, 1913)
Synonyms

Chamaeleon fischeri multituberculatus Nieden, 1913

The West Usambara two-horned chameleon or West Usambara blade-horned chameleon (Kinyongia multituberculata) is a species of chameleon endemic to the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania.[1][2] Until 2008, it was generally confused with Fischer's chameleon (K. fischeri), which is not found in the Usambara Mountains.[3] None of its close relatives occur in the same range as K. multituberculata, but K. matschiei and K. vosseleri are restricted to the East Usambaras.[3]

  1. ^ a b Tolley, K.; Menegon, M.; Plumptre, A. (2014). "Kinyongia multituberculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172574A1345983. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172574A1345983.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kinyongia multituberculata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b 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.