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Issue: Vol. 2028 No. 1: 6 Mar. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2028.1.4
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 2

Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)

Bayerova 27, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale – via San Francesco di Sales, 188, I-10022 Carmagnola, Italy
Laboratory of Molecular Taxonomy, Biological Faculty, University of Southern Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Laboratory of Molecular Taxonomy, Biological Faculty, University of Southern Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Department of Herpetology, National Museum of Kenya, Museum Hill, Nairobi, Kenya
Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Reptilia Mt. Nyiro Kenya Chamaeleonidae Kinyongia asheorum new species taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of chameleon is described from the humid montane forests on Mt. Nyiro in northern Kenya. The new species is clearly distinct from its congeners by external morphology, especially the gular field with long pointed appendicular scales, and geographical isolation. Based on both the morphology and molecular phylogenetic data, we place the new species into the recently described genus Kinyongia.

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