| Magombera chameleon | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Kinyongia |
| Species: | K. magomberae |
| Binomial name | |
| Kinyongia magomberae Menegon et al., 2009 | |
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Kinyongia magomberae, the Magombera chameleon or Magombera single-horned chameleon, is an endangered species of chameleon found only in humid submontane forests in the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania.
The existence of this species was first realized in 2002 when a dead juvenile was found by a researcher. In the next few years, two further specimens were discovered, including one dropped by a twig snake after it had been startled. The Magombera chameleon was scientifically described as a new species in 2009.
References
- ^ Tolley, K.; Menegon, M.; Plumptre, A. (2014). "Kinyongia magomberae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172538A1344662. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172538A1344662.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Menegon, M.; Tolley, K.; Jones, T.; Rovero, F.; Marshall, A.R.; Tilbury, C.R. (2009). "A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania". African Journal of Herpetology. 58 (2): 59–70. doi:10.1080/21564574.2009.9650026. S2CID 84999463. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- From the mouths of snakes, Nature, November 24, 2009
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Kinyongia magomberae | |
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