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
  • Chamaeleon fischeri Reichenow, 1887
  • Bradypodion fischeri
    — Necas, 1999
  • Kinyongia fischeri
    — Tilbury et al., 2006[1]

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 native to the Nguru Mountains of Tanzania.[1]

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 but recent study has shown that these other species are actually their own distinct, different species. In fact, the true Fischer's chameleon is rare.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kinyongia fischeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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).

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