Kinyongia tavetana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Kinyongia |
| Species: | K. tavetana
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| Kinyongia tavetana (Steindachner, 1891)
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Kinyongia tavetana (common names: Kilimanjaro two-horned chameleon, Dwarf Fischer's chameleon) is a chameleon in the genus Kinyongia. It is native to southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Its type locality is Mount Kilimanjaro,[1] but it is also known from Chyulu Hills and Mount Meru to the Pare Mountains.[2] Until 2008, it was widely confused with K. fischeri, but the ranges of the two species do not overlap.[2]
The species' length averages 9.5 inches, and it is usually brown, green and grey. Males have two "saw blade" flattened false horns, while the females lack these distinctive feature.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Kinyongia tavetana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 April 2014.
- ^ a b Mariaux J, Lutzmann N, Stipala J. 2008. The two horned chameleons of East Africa. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 152: 367-391.
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