Kinyongia tenuis

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Kinyongia tenuis
Male above, female below
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. tenuis
Binomial name
Kinyongia tenuis
(Matschie, 1892)
Synonyms[2]

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

Kinyongia tenuis, also known as the Usambara soft-horned chameleon, Usambara flap-nosed chameleon and Matschie's dwarf chameleon, is a fairly small species of chameleon from Kenya and Tanzania.[1][2]

Distribution and taxonomy

This species has been recorded in Tanzania's

Shimba Hills. The populations in the two countries are clearly separated and it remains to be verified if they belong to a single species or two separate species.[1]

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