Kinyongia multituberculata (NIEDEN, 1913)
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Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: West Usambara two-horned chamaeleon G: West-Usambara-Zweihornchamäleon |
Synonym | Chamaeleon fischeri multituberculatus NIEDEN 1913: 248 Chamaeleon fischeri werneri NIEDEN 1913: 248 Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 12 Kinyongia fischeri multituberculatum — TILBURY et al. 2006 Kinyongia multituberculata — MARIAUX et al. 2008 Kinyongia multituberculata — TILBURY 2010: 383 Kinyongia multituberculata — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 272 |
Distribution | Tanzania (W/E Usambara Mts., up to 2300 m elevation) Type locality: Phillipshof bei Wilhelmstal = Magamba, near Lushoto, W. Usambara Mts., Tanzania. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: ZMB 51344 male; Paralectotype: ZMB 23227 female (Mariaux et al. 2008: 381) Syntypes: ZMB 19268-69, 19271-74, 51350, 66710, 16087 (13 specimens). ZMB 19266 lost in World War II, ZMB 19276 missing; NMW 23362 (formerly ZMB 19267) and MCZ 20195 (formerly ZMB 19270) fide Bauer, Böhme and Günther (2006: 275) [werneri] |
Diagnosis | Differential diagnosis: Differs from all two-horned species by its dorsal crest extending along the whole length of male’s back and up to the middle of female’s back and scalation on the body and legs with numerous coarse, convex tubercles; also differs from all species (except K. vosseleri) by the presence of a tail crest. |
Comment | van Hoof et al. (2006) give REICHENOW 1894 as author of B. f. multituberculatum. |
Etymology | Named after L.: multi, prefix meaning many; tuberculum (diminutive of tuber, swelling or wartlike projection); -atus/a/um, adjectival suffix: tuberculous, denoting the numerous tubercles projecting from the anterior half of the dorsal crest (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). |
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