Fischer's chameleon

Fischer's chameleon
Drawing of purported Fischer's chameleons (male above and female in the middle; but see taxonomy) and Rieppeleon brevicaudatus (bottom)

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Kinyongia
Species:
K. fischeri
Binomial name
Kinyongia fischeri
(Reichenow, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Chamaeleon fischeri
    Reichenow, 1887
  • Bradypodion fischeri
    — Nečas, 1999
  • Kinyongia fischeri
    — Tilbury et al., 2006

Fischer's chameleon (Kinyongia fischeri), also known commonly as the Nguru blade-horned chameleon and the Nguru two-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.

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