A new species of chameleon (Sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

M Menegon; K A Tolley; T Jones; F Rovero; Andrew R Marshall; C R Tilbury

doi:10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026

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A new species of chameleon (Sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

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A new species of chameleon (Sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania

M Menegon, K A Tolley, T Jones, F Rovero, Andrew R Marshall and C R Tilbury

African Journal of Herpetology, Vol.58(2), pp.59-70

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026

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chamaeleonidae

kinyongia

new species

phylogeny

Eastern Arc Mountains

mitochondrial and nuclear DNA

A new species of chameleon Kinyongia magomberae sp. nov. (the Magombera chameleon), is described from Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, south-central Tanzania. The species status is supported by phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. The new chameleon is similar to K. tenuis and the more widespread Eastern Arc endemic K. oxyrhina in having a single rostral appendage. However, it can be distinguished from these two species by a shorter rostral appendage, which is different in shape and lacks a movable tip. K. magomberae sp. nov. is known from only two forest localities, the lowland and unprotected Magombera forest and the sub-montane Mwanihana forest within the Udzungwa Mountains National Park. Phylogenetically, this taxon is sister to K. tenuis, and is part of a clade that also contains K. oxyrhina. ©Herpetological Association of Africa.

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Title: A new species of chameleon (Sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania
Authors: M Menegon (Author) - Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Italy
K A Tolley (Author) - South African National BiodiversifJ' Institute, South Africa
T Jones (Author) - Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre, Tanzania
F Rovero (Author) - Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Italy
Andrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United Kingdom
C R Tilbury (Author) - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Publication details: African Journal of Herpetology, Vol.58(2), pp.59-70
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026
ISSN: 2153-3660
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451051702621
Output Type: Journal article

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