Kinyongia tenuis (MATSCHIE, 1892)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Matschie's Dwarf Chameleon, Usambara soft-horned chameleon
Synonym	Chamaeleon tenuis MATSCHIE 1892: 106 Chamaeleon tenuis — TORNIER 1897: 63 Bradypodion tenue — KLAVER & BÖHME 1988 Bradypodion tenue — NECAS 1999: 195 Kinyongia tenuis — TILBURY et al. 2006 Bradypodion tenue — LANTERMANN & LANTERMANN 2009 Kinyongia tenuis — SCHMIDT et al. 2010 Kinyongia tenuis — TILBURY 2010: 399 Kinyongia tenue — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013 Kinyongia tenuis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 274 Kinyongia tenuis05696
Distribution	Kenya (Shimba Hills), Tanzania (Usambara Mts.) Type locality: Derema, Usambara Mts., Tanzania.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: ZMB 1138, designated by Klaver & Böhme (1988). See also Bauer et al. (2006).
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after L.: tenuis, slender; referring to the longer tail and longer legs as compared with the similar looking Calumma nasutum (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023).
References	Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here Gockel M., Hufer, H. & Kallas S. 2001. Biotopbeobachtung, Haltung und Vermehrung von Bradypodion tenue (MATSCHIE 1892). Elaphe 9 (2): 11-17 GOCKEL, M., H. HUFER & S. KALLAS 2004. Biotopbeobachtungen, Haltung und Zucht von Bradypodion tenue (MATSCHIE 1892). CHAMAELEO 14(2): 22-32. - get paper here Klaver, C. & W. Böhme 1988. Systematics of Bradypodion tenue (Matschie, 1892) (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae) with a description of a new species from the Uluguru and Uzungwe Mountains, Tanzania. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 39 (4): 381-393. - get paper here Lantermann, W. & Lantermann, Y. 2007. Chamäleons in den Ost-Usambara-Bergen im norden Tansanias. Draco 7 (27): 45-48 - get paper here Lantermann, W. & Lantermann, Y. 2009. Herpetologische Reiseeindrücke aus den Ost-Usambara-Bergen in Tanzania. Elaphe 17 (2): 53-61 Malonza, Patrick K.; David M. Mulwa, Joash O. Nyamache, Georgina Jones 2017. Biogeography of the Shimba Hills ecosystem herpetofauna in Kenya. Zoological Research 38(5): 1-11 - get paper here Matschie, P. 1892. Über eine kleine Sammlung von Säugethieren und Reptilien, welche Herr L. Conradt aus Usambara (Deutsch Ostafrika) heimgebracht hat. Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde, Berlin (1892): 101-110. - 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 Menegon, Michele; Simon P. Loader, Tim R.B. Davenport, Kim M. Howell, Colin R. Tilbury, Sophy Machaga, Krystal A. Tolley 2015. A new species of Chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) highlights the biological affinities between the Southern Highlands and Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Acta Herpetologica 10 (2): 111-120 - get paper here Necas, P. 1994. Bemerkungen zur Chamäleon-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, mit vorläufiger Beschreibung eines neuen Chamäleons aus Kenia (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Herpetozoa 7 (3/4): 95-108. - 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) Patrick, David A.; Philip Shirk, James R. Vonesh, Elizabeth B. Harper, and Kim M. Howell 2011. Abundance and Roosting Ecology of Chameleons in the East Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and the Potential Effects of Harvesting. Herp. Cons. Biol. 6 (3) - get paper here Pyron, R. Alexander; Frank T. Burbrink 2013. Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles. Ecology Letters 17 (1): 13–21 (published online 2013, in print 2014), DOI: 10.1111/ele.12168 - 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, S. & Rotich, D. 1997. An annotated checklist of the lizards of Kenya. J. East African Nat. Hist. 86: 61-83 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. Tornier,G. 1897. Die Kriechthiere Deutsch-Ostafrikas. Beiträge zur Systematik und Descendenzlehre. D. Reimer, Berlin, 164 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://verity.mcphu.edu/adcham/paged.asp?genus=bradypodion https://news.mongabay.com/2014/11/chameleon-crisis-extinction-threatens-36… http://www.aircav.com/survival/appe/asappe20.html http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/tropicalzoology/article/view/129 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01363p038f.pdf http://www.gifte.de/naja23.htm Google images

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