Kinyongia tenuis

Kinyongia tenuis
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Kinyongia
Species:	K. tenuis
Binomial name
	Kinyongia tenuis; (Matschie, 1892)
Synonyms
	Bradypodion tenue (Matschie, 1892); Bradypodion tenue Lantermann & Lantermann, 2009; Chamaeleon tenuis Matschie, 1892; Kinyongia tenuis Schmidt Et Al., 2010; Kinyongia tenuis Tilbury Et Al., 2006[2]

Kintongia tenuis, common names Usambara soft-horned chameleon, flap-nosed chameleon, and Matschie's dwarf chameleon is a species of chameleon.

Distribution

This species has been recorded in Tanzania's afrotemperate forests in east Usambara Mountains and Magrotto Hill. In Kenya, it is only known as a subpopulation in the Shimba Hills, however genetic analysis needs to confirm this.[3]

References

Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172552A1345100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172552A1345100.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
"Kinyongia tenuis".
Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172552A1345100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172552A1345100.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172552A1345100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172552A1345100.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] "Kinyongia tenuis".

[3] Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2014). "Kinyongia tenuis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172552A1345100. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172552A1345100.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.