Kinyongia excubitor

Kinyongia excubitor — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: Kinyongia excubitor

Name

Kinyongia excubitor (Barbour, 1911)

Type locality: Mweru (Meru) district, Mt. Kenya, Kenya.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo tenuis excubitor Barbour 1911
• Chamaeleon affinis embuensis Lönnberg 1911
• Chamaeleo fischeri excubitor — Barbour & Loveridge 1928: 176
• Bradypodion excubitor — Nečas 1999: 191

References

• Barbour, T. 1911. A new race of chameleon from British East Africa. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington: 219–220.
• Klaver, C.J. & Böhme, W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: XIV, 1–85. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter & Co. Reference page. 
• Tilbury C.R., Tolley K.A. & Branch W.R. 2006. A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera. Zootaxa 1363, 23–38.
• Kinyongia excubitor at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 March 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mt. Kenya Hornless Chameleon