Kinyongia tenuis

Kinyongia tenuis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: K. tenuis
Binomial name
Kinyongia tenuis
(Matschie, 1892)
Synonyms

Bradypodion tenue (Matschie, 1892)
Bradypodion tenue Lantermann & Lantermann, 2009
Chamaeleon tenuis Matschie, 1892
Kinyongia tenuis Schmidt Et Al., 2010
Kinyongia tenuis Tilbury Et Al., 2006[1]

Kintongia tenuis, common names Usambara soft-horned chameleon, flap-nosed chameleon, and Matschie's dwarf chameleon is a species of chameleon.

Distribution

This species has been recorded in Tanzania's afrotemperate forests in east Usambara Mountains and Magrotto Hill. In Kenya, it is only known as a subpopulation in the Shimba Hills, however genetic analysis needs to confirm this.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Kinyongia&species=tenuis
  2. ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/172552/0


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