Fischer's chameleon
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K. fischeri
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kinyongia fischeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
Further reading
- Mariaux J, Lutzmann N, Stipala J. 2008. The two horned chameleons of East Africa. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152: 367-391.
- Reichenow A. 1887. "Neue Wirbelthiere des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 10: 369-372. (Chamaeleon fischeri, new species, pp. 371-372). (in German).
External links
- Lutzmann N. Revisions of the Genus Bradypodion. chameleonnews.com
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