Kinyongia uluguruensis (LOVERIDGE, 1957)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Uluguru two-horned chamaeleon G: Uluguru Zweihornchamäleon
Synonym	Chamaeleo fischeri uluguruensis LOVERIDGE 1957: 3 Bradypodion fischeri uluguruensis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 12 Kinyongia fischeri uluguruense — TILBURY et al. 2006 Kinyongia uluguruensis — MARIAUX et al. 2008 Kinyongia uluguruensis — TILBURY 2010: 404 Kinyongia uluguruensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 276
Distribution	Tanzania (Uluguru Mts., 1300-2400 m elevation) Type locality: Kingokwa, Uluguru Mts., Tanzania
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 54496 Male
Diagnosis	Differential diagnosis: Differs from all two-horned species, except K. tavetana and K. boehmei, by its lateral crest originating behind eye; differs from those two species by its flattened interorbital scales and longer dorsal crest.
Comment
Etymology	named after its type locality.
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 Loveridge, A. 1957. On a third collection of reptiles taken in Tanganyika by C.J.P. Ionides, Esq. Tanganyika Notes and Records 43: 1-19 Mariaux, Jean; Lutzmann, N. & Stipala, Jan 2008. The two-horned chamaeleons of East Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 152, 367–391 - 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 Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - 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 Google images

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