Fischer's chameleon
| Fischer's chameleon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Subfamily: | Chamaeleoninae |
| Genus: | Kinyongia |
| Species: | K. fischeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Kinyongia fischeri (Reichenow, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Fischer's chameleon (Kinyongia fischeri) is a species of chameleon endemic to Tanzania.
Etymology
The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.[2]
Geographic range
K. fischeri is restricted to the Nguru and Nguu Mountains of Tanzania.[1][3] Chameleons found in other parts of the Eastern Arc Mountains as well as Kenya are now classified as separate species.[3][4]
Taxonomy
A number of other species (K. matschiei, K. multituberculata, K. tavetana, K. uluguruensis, and K. vosseleri) have been mistakenly called by this species' name or classified as subspecies. In 2008, it was shown that they actually are their own distinct, different species.[3][4] The true Fischer's chameleon is rare with a more restricted distribution than previously believed.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 "Kinyongia fischeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinyongia fischeri, p. 90).
- 1 2 3 4 Mariaux J, Lutzmann N, Stipala J. 2008. The two horned chameleons of East Africa. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152: 367-391.
- 1 2 3 Lutzmann N. Revisions of the Genus Bradypodion. chameleonnews.com
Further reading
- Reichenow A. 1887. "Neue Wirbelthiere des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 10: 369-372. (Chamaeleon fischeri, new species, pp. 371–372). (in German).