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Rugege Highlands forest chameleon

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Rugege Highlands forest chameleon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. rugegensis
Binomial name
Kinyongia rugegensis
Hughes et al., 2017[1]

The Rugege Highlands forest chameleon (Kinyongia rugegensis) is a species of chameleon. It is endemic to the Rugege Highlands of Burundi,[1][2] but likely occurs in the Nyungwe Forest in the immediately adjacent Rwanda. The Burundian records are from or near the Kibira National Park. It was formerly considered to be included in Kinyongia adolfifriderici.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hughes, Daniel F.; Kusamba, Chifundera; Behangana, Mathias & Greenbaum, Eli (2017). "Integrative taxonomy of the Central African forest chameleon, Kinyongia adolfifriderici (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), reveals underestimated species diversity in the Albertine Rift". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181: 400–438. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx005.
  2. ^ Kinyongia rugegensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 May 2018.