Kinyongia gyrolepis

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 gyrolepis

Name

Kinyongia gyrolepis Greenbaum, Tolley, Joma & Kusamba, 2012: 65

• Holotype: UTEP 20338 (field no. EBG 2436), adult ♀, collected by E. Greenbaum, C. Kusamba, M.M. Aristote, and W. Moninga on 7 July 2009.
• Type locality: “DRC, Orientale Province, Aboro, 2.1115°N, 30.8338°E (datum = WGS84), 2142 m”.

References

Primary references

• Greenbaum, E., Tolley, K.A., Joma, A. & Kusamba, C. 2012. A New Species of Chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Northern Albertine Rift, Central Africa. Herpetologica 68(1): 60–75. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-11-00026.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Kinyongia gyrolepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 January 2023.
• Tolley, K., Plumptre, A. & Menegon, M. 2022. IUCN: Kinyongia gyrolepis  (Data Deficient) (amended version of 2014 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T42760124A217803975. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T42760124A217803975.en. Accessed on 16 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Circular-scaled Chameleon