Mount Kenya sentinel chameleon

Mount Kenya sentinel chameleon or Mt Kenya hornless chameleon (Kinyongia excubitor) is a species of chameleons endemic to Kenya.[2] It is known from Mount Kenya, Nyambeni Hills, and Aberdare Range.[1]

Mount Kenya sentinel chameleon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. excubitor
Binomial name
Kinyongia excubitor
(Barbour, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Chamaeleo tenuis subsp. excubitor Barbour, 1911
  • Chamaeleon affinis subsp. embuensis Lönnberg, 1911
  • Chamaeleo fischeri subsp. excubitor — Barbour & Loveridge, 1928
  • Bradypodion fischeri subsp. excubitor — Klaver & Böhme, 1997
  • Kinyongia excubitor — Tilbury et al., 2006, Tilbury, 2010

References
  1. Tolley, K. & Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia excubitor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172569A1345671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172569A1345671.en.
  2. Kinyongia excubitor at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 June 2018.


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