Kinyongia vosseleri (NIEDEN, 1913)
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Kinyongia vosseleri
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| Higher Taxa | Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Vosseler’s chameleon G: Vosselers Chamäleon |
| Synonym | Chamaeleon fischeri vosseleri NIEDEN 1913 Bradypodion fischeri — NECAS 1999: 191 Bradypodion fischeri fischeri — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 12 Kinyongia fischeri — TILBURY et al. 2006 Kinyongia fischeri — MARIAUX et al. 2008 Kinyongia vosseleri — TILBURY 2010: 418 Kinyongia vosseleri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 278 |
| Distribution | Tanzania (E Usambara Mts., elevation up to 1500 m) Type locality: “Usaramo” (most likely in error according to MARIAUX et al. 2008). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: ZMB 51347 (male), Paralectotypes: ZMB 11674, 11819, 19643, 14947, 14948, 14949, 51345, 51346, NMW 23381, MCZ 20194 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Differs from all two-horned species by the absence of horns in females; also differs from all species, except K. tavetana, by its lack of dorsal crests in females; and from all species except K. multituberculata by the presence of a tail crest. Differs from all other species (in males) by discontinuous dorsal crest, on anterior third of back and only reappearing on anterior third of tail. |
| Comment | This species used to be called Bradypodion/Kinyongia fischeri until it was removed from its synonymy by MARIAUX et al. 2008. |
| Etymology | Named after Professor Julius Vosseler (1861-1933), a German zoologist. He was in German East Africa (Tanzania) (1903-1909) and was Director of the Hamburg Zoo from 1910. |
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