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Kinyongia
''Kinyongia'' (derived from the group's name in Kiswahili language) is a chameleon genus recently established for several plesiomorphic species found in forest and woodland in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and far eastern DR Congo. All except ''K. adolfifriderici'' and ''K. tavetana'' are restricted to highlands, and many have very small geographic ranges. In most, at least the males have horns or knobs on their noses. They had been placed into the genus '' Bradypodion'' for some time. It has recently been pointed out that the ending to the specific epithet in several of the below listed species should be modified to match the feminine genus name. Species The following 23 species are recognized as being valid."''Kinyongia'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *''Kinyongia adolfifriderici'' – Ituri chameleon *''Kinyongia asheorum'' () – Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon *''Kinyongia boehmei'' – Boehme's chameleon *''Kinyongia carpenteri'' – Carpenter's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Fischeri
Fischer's chameleon (''Kinyongia fischeri'' ) is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania. Etymology The specific name, ''fischeri'', is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Kinyongia fischeri'', p. 90). Geographic range ''Kinyongia fischeri'' is restricted to the Nguru and Nguu Mountains of Tanzania. Chameleons found in other parts of the Eastern Arc Mountains as well as Kenya are now classified as separate species.Lutzmann N (2008"Some important changes in the systematics of ''Bradypodion'' FITZINGER, 1843". ''Chameleons! Online E-Zine'' chameleonnews.com Taxonomy A number of other species ('' K. matschiei'', '' K. multituberculata'', '' K. tavetana'', '' K. uluguruensis'', and '' K. vosseleri'' ) have been mistakenly called by this species' name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Boehmei
''Kinyongia boehmei'' is species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The IUCN Red List gives two alternative English common names for this species: Taita blade-horned chameleon and Böhme's two-horned chameleon. The species is endemic to Kenya. Etymology The specific name, ''boehmei'', is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Kinyongia boehmei'', p. 30). Geographic range ''K. boehmei'' is found only in the Taita Hills of southeastern Kenya, at altitudes of . Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''K. boehmei'' is forest. Behavior ''K. boehmi'' is arboreal, living in the forest canopy. Reproduction ''K. boehmei'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Gyrolepis
''Kinyongia gyrolepis'' is a species of kinyongia chameleons first described in 2012, and the sister species to the Kinyongia adolfifriderici'' ''chameleon. It is more commonly known as the Circular-scaled Chameleon. Habitat The habitat for ''Kinyongea gyrolepis'' has been heavily logged and is under severe threat. Found in high elevation mosaic habitats of the Lendu Plateau, a shrubby grassland and former montane forest which has been cleared for agriculture. The chameleons reside in shrubby habitats, although it is thought this is not the original habitat and the species has been shifted from forests as they were cleared. Although Kinyongia are typically found in forest areas this species is not, suggesting a habitat shift is in progress. Distribution The ''Kinyongia gyrolepis'' is found in the Lendu Plateau region, west of Lake Albert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is found in the grassland areas, although this could be attributed to the destruction of afro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Carpenteri
''Kinyongia carpenteri'', commonly called Carpenter's chameleon or the helmeted chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to central Africa. Geographic range ''K. carpenteri'' has a geographic range limited to the mountain highlands on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''K. carpenteri'' is forest, at altitudes of . Reproduction ''K. carpenteri'' is oviparous. Etymology The specific name, ''carpenteri'', honors the type specimen's collector, British physician and entomologist Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter. Taxonomy Originally named in the genus ''Chamaeleo'', the species ''C. carpenteri'' was moved into the genus ''Bradypodion'' prior to its current classification. With the move into the genus ''Kinyongia'', the masculine ending to the specific epithets of other species in the genus needed to be modified to match the feminine generic Generic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Adolfifriderici
''Kinyongia adolfifriderici'' is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to central Africa and east Africa. Geographic range ''K. adolfifriderici'' is found in Burundi, northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Common names Common names for ''K. adolfifriderici'' include the Ituri dwarf chameleon and the Ituri chameleon. Etymology The specific name ''adolfifriderici'' honours Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, leader of the German Central Africa Expedition in 1907–1908, Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Kinyongia adolfifriderici'', p. 2). during which the types were collected. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''K. adolfifriderici'' is forest, at altitudes of . Reproduction ''K. adolfifriderici'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Asheorum
''Kinyongia asheorum'', also known commonly as the Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Kenya. Only four specimens are known. Etymology The specific name, ''asheorum'' (Latin, genitive, plural), is in honor of British-Kenyan herpetologist James Ashe (1925–2004), and his wife Sanda. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Kinyongia asheorum'', p. 12). Description ''K. asheorum'' is medium-sized, reaching a maximum size of about (of which about 60% is tail). It has a distinct head casque, a pointed snout, and two horns on the tip of the snout. It is uniformly dark green with several white spots and brownish ridges. Distribution and habitat ''K. asheorum'' is only known to occur on Mount Nyiro in Kenya, where it was collected in a single patch of forest at an altitude of . It inhabits large trees with ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinyongia Excubitor
Mount Kenya sentinel chameleon or Mt Kenya hornless chameleon (''Kinyongia excubitor'') is a species of chameleons endemic to Kenya. It is known from Mount Kenya, Nyambeni Hills, and Aberdare Range The Aberdare Range (formerly the Sattima Range, Kikuyu: ''Nyandarua'') is a 160 km (100 mile) long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It straddles across the counties of Nyandarua, Nye .... References Kinyongia Reptiles of Kenya Endemic fauna of Kenya Taxa named by Thomas Barbour Reptiles described in 1911 {{chameleon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chameleon
Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. The members of this family are best known for their distinct range of colors, being capable of shifting to different hues and degrees of brightness. The large number of species in the family exhibit considerable variability in their capacity to change color. For some, it is more of a shift of brightness (shades of brown); for others, a plethora of color-combinations (reds, yellows, greens, blues) can be seen. Chameleons are distinguished by their zygodactylous feet, their prehensile tail, their laterally compressed bodies, their head casques, their projectile tongues, their swaying gait, and crests or horns on their brow and snout. Chameleons' eyes are independently mobile, and because of this there are two separate, individual images that the brain is analyzing of the chameleon’s environment. When hunting prey, they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradypodion
''Bradypodion'' (meaning "slow-footed" in Greek) is one of six genera of chameleons within the "true" or "typical" chameleons (Family Chamaeleonidae). They are native to southern Africa, and are sometimes collectively called South African dwarf chameleons. Some other small chameleons from eastern and central Africa are occasionally placed herein, but this is probably in error and not followed here. See also Systematics below and ''Kinyongia'' and ''Nadzikambia''. __TOC__ Species 20 species are currently recognized: Undescribed species * Emerald dwarf chameleon, ''Bradypodion'' sp. (Emerald) * ''Bradypodion'' sp. (Groendal) * ''Bradypodion'' sp. (Grootvadersbosch) * ''Bradypodion'' sp. (Jagersbos) Systematics Delimitation of ''Bradypodion'' has been controversial for some time. Most species seem readily distinguishable by morphological characteristics, but for some time the genus was used as a wastebin taxon for smaller chameleons from sub-Saharan Africa with plesiomorphi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Sternfeld
Richard Sternfeld (8 February 1884, in Bielefeld – 1943 in Auschwitz) was a German-Jewish herpetologist, who was responsible for describing over forty species of amphibians and reptiles, particularly from Germany's African and Pacific colonies (i.e. modern-day Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, Namibia and Papua New Guinea). Education Sternfeld was the son of a merchant in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. He was educated in a local gymnasium and initially entered university in 1903 to study medicine at Freiburg, but he switched to studying natural science at Bonn. In 1907 he returned to Freiburg, to obtain his Dr. Phil., with a dissertation on the biology of mayflies under the guidance of evolutionary biologist August Weismann. Museum employment and First World War Sternfeld's first appointment was alongside herpetologist Gustav Tornier at the Zoological Museum at the University of Berlin. He worked on the herpetofaunas of the German colonies in Africa and the Southwest P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin R
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Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, Australia, in August 2008 * Colin (river), a river in France * Colin (security robot), in ''Mostly Harmless'' of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series by Douglas Adams * Tropical Storm Colin (other) See also *Collin (other) *Kolin (other) *Colyn Colyn is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alexander Colyn (1527–1612), Flemish sculptor * Colyn Fischer (born 1977), American violinist * Simon Colyn (born 2002), Canadian soccer player See also * Colin (given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Reichenow
Anton Reichenow (1 August 1847 in Charlottenburg – 6 July 1941 in Hamburg) was a German ornithologist and herpetologist. Reichenow was the son-in-law of Jean Cabanis, and worked at the Natural History Museum of Berlin from 1874 to 1921. He was an expert on African birds, making a collecting expedition to West Africa in 1872 and 1873, and writing ''Die Vögel Afrikas'' (1900–05). He was also an expert on parrots, describing all species then known in his book ''Vogelbilder aus Fernen Zonen: Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Papageien'' (illustrated by Gustav Mützel, 1839–1893). He also wrote ''Die Vögel der Bismarckinseln'' (1899). He was editor of the ''Journal für Ornithologie'' from 1894 to 1921. A number of birds are named after him, including Reichenow's woodpecker and Reichenow's firefinch. His son Eduard Reichenow was a famous protozoologist. Reichenow is known for his classification of birds into six groups, described as "shortwings, swimmers, stiltbirds, skinb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
