A new species of chameleon (sanria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the magombera forest and the udzungwa mountains national park, Tanzania

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-70

  Menegon, Michele ^a,b   Tolley, Krystal A ^c   Jones, Trevor ^b,d   Rovero, Francesco ^a,b   Marshall, Andrew R ^e,f   Tilbury, Colin R ^g  

^a MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^b c/o Udzungwa Mountains National Park ^*  (Tanzania)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f Flamingo Land Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chamaeleonidae; Eastern Arc Mountains; Kinyongia; Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA; New Species; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CHAMAELEONIDAE; SAURIA;

EID: 76349124848     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026     Document Type: Article

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