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