2009年3月6日 星期五

Kinyongia asheorum - 一個肯亞北部山區之變色龍新種

文獻來源: Necas P, Sindaco R, Kořený, K, Kopečná J, Malonza PK, Modrý D. 2009. Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 2028: 41-50. [摘要下載]

Abstract
A new species of chameleon is described from the humid montane forests on Mt. Nyiro in northern Kenya. The new species is clearly distinct from its congeners by external morphology, especially the gular field with long pointed appendicular scales, and geographical isolation. Based on both the morphology and molecular phylogenetic data, we place the new species into the recently described genus Kinyongia.

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