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East African Dwarf Chameleons
Kinyongia
Kinyongia (derived from the group's name in Kiswahili language) is a genus of chameleons found in montane and sub-montane areas in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and far eastern DR Congo. They are restricted to forests, woodlands and other wooded habitats, and many species have very small geographic ranges. In most species, at least the males have horns or knobs on their noses. As typical of most chameleons, Kinyongia are oviparous.
They were initially placed in the genus Chamaeleo and by some authorities subsequently transferred into Bradypodion, but in 2006 they were moved to their own genus, Kinyongia.
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 23 known species
Kilimanjaro two-horned chamaeleon
speciesKinyongia tavetana
West Usambara two-horned chamaeleon
speciesKinyongia multituberculata
Böhme’s two-horned chamaeleon
speciesKinyongia boehmei
Matschie’s two-horned chamaeleon
speciesKinyongia matschiei
Matschie's Dwarf Chameleon
speciesKinyongia tenuis
Southern Highlands One-horned Chameleon
speciesKinyongia msuyae
Strange-horned Chameleon
speciesKinyongia xenorhina
Vosseler's Blade-horned Chameleon
speciesKinyongia vosseleri
Rednose Dwarf Chameleon
speciesKinyongia oxyrhina
Uthmöller's Chameleon
speciesKinyongia uthmoelleri
Nguru Two-horned Chameleon
speciesKinyongia fischeri
Kigezi Highlands Chameleon
speciesKinyongia tolleyae
Mount Kenya Hornless Chameleon
speciesKinyongia excubitor
Magombera chameleon
speciesKinyongia magomberae
Poroto Single-horned Chameleon
speciesKinyongia vanheygeni
Rugege Highlands Forest Chameleon
speciesKinyongia rugegensis
Uluguru Two-horned Chameleon
speciesKinyongia uluguruensis
Mount-Nyiro Bearded Chameleon
speciesKinyongia asheorum
Ituri chameleon
speciesKinyongia adolfifriderici
Carpenter’s chameleon
speciesKinyongia carpenteri
Itombwe Forest Chameleon
speciesKinyongia itombwensis
Lendu Chameleon
speciesKinyongia gyrolepis
Mount Nzawa Chameleon
speciesKinyongia mulyai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89237.