Kinyongia adolfifriderici

(Kinyongia adolfifriderici)

Description

Kinyongia adolfifriderici is a species of chameleon found in Central and East Africa (northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. It is also known as the Ituri dwarf chameleon and Ituri chameleon. The specific name adolfifriderici honours Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg, leader of the German Central Africa Expedition in 1907–1908, during which the types were collected.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Chamaeleonidae
Genus:Kinyongia
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