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Kinyongia adolfifriderici

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Kinyongia adolfifriderici
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. adolfifriderici
Binomial name
Kinyongia adolfifriderici
(Sternfeld, 1912)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chamaeleon adolfi-friderici Sternfeld, 1912
  • Bradypodion adolfifriderici (Sternfeld, 1912)

Kinyongia adolfifriderici is a species of chameleon found in Central and East Africa (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda.[1][2] It is also known as the Ituri dwarf chameleon and Ituri chameleon.[1] The specific name adolfifriderici honours Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, leader of the German Central Africa Expedition in 1907–1908, during which the types were collected.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tolley, K.; Plumptre, A.; Behangana, M.; Greenbaum, E.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia adolfifriderici". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172578A1346125. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172578A1346125.en. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Kinyongia adolfifriderici at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 October 2018.