Kinyongia fischeri, the rare Two-Blade-Horn Chameleon from Nguru, TZ

Kinyongia fischeri is one of the rarest reported Two-Blade-Horn-Chameleon species in the African continent. Described as first of all by Reichenow 1887, named after German herpetologist working in Hamburg, Johann Gustav Fischer (1819-1889).

There are following similar species in E Africa:

• K. boehmei

  (Taita Hills)

• K. matschiei

  (E Usambara)

• K. multituberculata

  (W Usambara, feral in Karen, Kenya)

• K. tavetana

  (Kilimanjaro, Mt. Meru)

• K. uluguruensis

  (Uluguru)

• K. vosseleri

  (E Usambara)

There is still a series of undescribed taxa from this group on various mountains in Kenya and Tazania.