Journal article
A new species of chameleon (Sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania
African Journal of Herpetology, Vol.58(2), pp.59-70
2009
Abstract
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, ItalyK A Tolley (Author) - South African National BiodiversifJ' Institute, South AfricaT Jones (Author) - Udzungwa Ecological Monitoring Centre, TanzaniaF Rovero (Author) - Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, ItalyAndrew R Marshall (Author) - University of York, United KingdomC R Tilbury (Author) - University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Publication details
- African Journal of Herpetology, Vol.58(2), pp.59-70
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026
- ISSN
- 2153-3660
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests & 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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