Kinyongia uthmoelleri

Kinyongia uthmoelleri, known commonly as the Hanang hornless chameleon, Müller's leaf chameleon, and Uthmöller's chameleon, is species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[1][2]

Kinyongia uthmoelleri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Kinyongia
Species:	K. uthmoelleri
Binomial name
Kinyongia uthmoelleri (L. Müller, 1938)
Synonyms[2]
Chamaeleo uthmoelleri L. Müller, 1938 Bradypodion uthmoelleri — Nečas, 1999 Kinyongia uthmoelleri — Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006

Etymology

The specific name, uthmoelleri, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Uthmöller.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of K. uthmoelleri is forest, at altitudes of 1,700–2,500 m (5,600–8,200 ft).[1]

Description

The maximum recorded size for K. uthmoelleri is a male with a total length (including tail) of 22.7 cm (8.9 in).[2]

Reproduction

K. uthmoelleri is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

• Kinyongia uthmoelleri artytor Lutzmann, Stipala, Lademann, Krause, Wilms & Schmitz, 2010
• Kinyongia uthmoelleri uthmoelleri L. Müller, 1938

References

1. Tolley K (2014). "Kinyongia uthmoelleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172563A1345457. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172563A1345457.en. Downloaded on 27 February 2019
2. Kinyongia uthmoelleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 February 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Kinyongia uthmoelleri, pp. 184, 270).

Further reading

• Lutzmann, Nicolá; Stipala, Jan; Lademann, Ralph; Krause, Patrick; Wilms, Thomas; Schmitz, Andreas (2010). "Description of a new subspecies of Kinyongia uthmoelleri (Müller, 1938) (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae) with notes on its captive propagation". Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 281–288. (Kinyongia uthmoelleri artytor, new subspecies).
• Müller L (1938). "Über die von den Herren W. Uthmöller und L. Bohmann im britischen Mandatsgebiet "Tanganyika Territory" gesammelten Chamäleons ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 122: 20-23. (Chamaeleo uthmoelleri, new species). (in German).
• Nečas P, Nagy P (2009). "A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Biology of Uthmöller's Chameleon, Kinyongia uthmoelleri ". Sauria 31 (1): 15–21.
• Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Kinyongia uthmoelleri, p. 276).