Kinyongia tavetana

Kinyongia tavetana
Males (above active, below sleeping)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. tavetana
Binomial name
Kinyongia tavetana
(Steindachner, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Bradypodion tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891)
  • Kinyongia tavetanum (Steindachner, 1891)

Kinyongia tavetana, the Kilimanjaro two-horned chameleon or Kilimanjaro blade-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon in the genus Kinyongia. It is native to forests, woodlands, well-wooded gardens and plantations in the highlands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.[1][2] Its type locality is Mount Kilimanjaro,[3] but it is also known from Chyulu Hills and Mount Meru to the Pare Mountains.[4]

  1. ^ a b Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia tavetana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172544A1344860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172544A1344860.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.; Ashe, J. (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press. pp. 236–237. ISBN 0-12-656470-1.
  3. ^ Kinyongia tavetana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 April 2014.
  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.

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