Carpenter's chameleon

Carpenter's chameleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamily: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species: K. carpenteri
Binomial name
Kinyongia carpenteri
(Parker, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Chamaeleo carpenteri
  • Bradypodion carpenteri

Carpenter's chameleon, Kinyongia carpenteri, is a species of chameleons with a distribution limited to the mountain highlands on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] The species name honors the type specimen's collector, Dr. G. D. Hale Carpenter.[2] Originally named in the genus Chamaeleo, the species was moved into the genus Bradypodion prior to its current classification.[3][4][5] With the move into the genus Kinyongia, the masculine ending to the specific epithet of this species and others in the genus need to be modified to match the feminine genus name.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Parker, H. W. (1929). "A new Chamaeleon from Mt. Ruwenzori". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 (3): 280–281.
  2. ↑ Parker, H. W. (1929). "A new Chameleon from Mt. Ruwenzori". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 (3): 280–281.
  3. ↑ Klaver, C. J. J.; Böhme, W. (1986). "Phylogeny and classification of the Chamaeleonidae (Sauria) with special reference to hemipenis morphology". Bonner Zoologische Monographien 22: 1–64.
  4. ↑ Necas, P. 1999. Chameleons—Nature's Hidden Jewels. Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira. 348 pp. ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe) ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada).
  5. ↑ Tolley, K. A.; Tilbury, C. R.; Branch, W. R.; Matthee, C. A. (2004). "Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 354–365. doi:10.1016/s1055-7903(03)00211-2.
  6. ↑ 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. -- see correction by Tolley et al. 2007.
  7. ↑ Tolley, K. A.; Tilbury, C. R.; Branch, W. R. (2007). "Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 1426: 68.


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