Kinyongia asheorum sp. n., a new montane chameleon from the Nyiro Range, northern Kenya (Squama: Chamaeleonidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2028, 2009, Pages 41-50

  Necas, Petr ^a   Sindaco, Roberto ^b   Kořený, Luděk ^c   Kopečná, Jana ^c   Malonza, Patrick Kenyatta ^d   Modry, David ^e,f  

^a Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b Museo civico di Storia naturale   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chamaeleonidae; Kenya; Kinyongia ash eorum; Mt. Nyiro; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHAMAELEONIDAE;

EID: 64549093312     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2028.1.4     Document Type: Article

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