Kinyongia vosseleri

Kinyongia vosseleri, also known commonly as the Usambara two-horned chameleon and Vosseler's blade-horned chameleon, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

Kinyongia vosseleri
Closeup of head of male
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Kinyongia
Species:	K. vosseleri
Binomial name
Kinyongia vosseleri (Nieden, 1913)
Synonyms[2]
Chamaeleon fischeri vosseleri Nieden,1913 Bradypodion fischeri — Nečas, 1999 Kinyongia fischeri — Tilbury, Tolley & Branch, 2006 Kinyongia vosseleri — Tilbury, 2010

Etymology

The specific name, vosseleri, is in honor of German zoologist Julius Vosseler.[3]

Geographic range and habitat

K. vosseleri is only found in forests in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania, at an altitude of 1,500 m (4,900 ft).[1]

Taxonomy

K. vosseleri was formerly included in K. fischeri, which is not found in the range of K. vosseleri.[1][4]

References

1. Tolley K, Menegon M (2014). "Kinyongia vosseleri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014.
2. Species Kinyongia vosseleri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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 vosseleri, p. 277).
4. Mariaux J, Lutzmann N, Stipala J (2008). "The two horned chameleons of East Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 367-391.

Further reading

• Nieden F (1913). "Chamaeleon fischeri Rchw. und seine Unterarten ". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1913 (4): 231–249 + Plates XIV–XVI. (Chamaeleon fischeri vosseleri, new subspecies, pp. 247–248 + Plate XV, figure 5, male; Plate XVI, figure 9, female). (in German).
• 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 vosseleri, p. 278).
• Tilbury, Colin (2010). Chameleons of Africa, an Atlas, including the chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 831 pp. ISBN 978-3899734515. (Kinyongia vosseleri, p. 418).