Van Heygen's chameleon
| Van Heygen's chameleon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Subfamily: | Chamaeleoninae |
| Genus: | Kinyongia |
| Species: | K. vanheygeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Kinyongia vanheygeni (Tilbury, Tolley & Branch 2006) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Kinyongia vanheygeni | |
Van Heygen's chameleon (Kinyongia vanheygeni) is a chameleon native to the Ngozi Crater in the Poroto Mountains of Tanzania. It was named after Emmanuel Van Heygen, who took the first pictures of it in the wild.[1]
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