Kinyongia carpenteri (PARKER, 1929)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Carpenter’s chameleon
Synonym	Chamaeleo carpenteri PARKER 1929 Bradypodion carpenteri — NECAS 1999: 275 Kinyongia carpenteri — TILBURY et al. 2006 Kinyongia carpenteri — TILBURY 2010: 359 Kinyongia carpenteri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 267
Distribution	W Uganda, E Zaire (= Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ruwenzori Mts.) Type locality: Mt. Ruwenzori, 6500 ft. elevation
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NHMUK 1946.8.21.63, male, previsously BMNH 1928.11.23.6.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the collector of the types, Dr. Geoffiey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1882-1953), a physician and specialist in tropical medicine. He became Hope Professor of Entomology, Oxford, and is particularly remembered for his work on Ugandan butterflies and for research into the causes of sleeping sickness.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here CAMPBELL, PATRICK D; WOLFGANG DENZER 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500 - get paper here Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here Menegon M, Tolley KA, Jones T, Rovero F, Marshall AR, Tilbury CR 2009. A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 58 (2): 59-70 - get paper here Necas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe)<br />ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada) Parker, H. W. 1929. A new Chamaeleon from Mt. Ruwenzori. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 3: 280-281. - get paper here Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. 2010. Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur und Tier Verlag, 328 pp. [review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here 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 (correction in Zootaxa 1426: 68) - get paper here Tilbury, C. 2010. Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt M., 831 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01363p038f.pdf http://www.gifte.de/naja23.htm http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Nangura/spinosa https://endemia.nc/en/faune/fiche1075 Google images

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