Kinyongia vanheygeni
Introduction '''''Kinyongia vanheygeni''''', the '''Poroto single-horned chameleon''' or '''Van Heygen's chameleon''', is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae.
Geographic range ''Kinyongia vanheygeni'' is native to highland forests in the Rungwe and Poroto Mountains of southern Tanzania and northern Malawi.
Etymology ''Kinyongia vanheygeni'' was named after Belgian herpetologist Emmanuel Van Heygen, who took the first pictures of it in the wild.
References
Further reading *Nečas P (2009). "''Ein neues Chamäleon der Gattung ''Kinyongia'' Tilbury, Tolley & Branch 2006 aus den Poroto-Bergen Süd-Tansania (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae)'' = A new chameleon of the genus ''Kinyongia'' Tilbury, Tolley & Branch 2006 from the Poroto Mountains, southern Tanzania (Reptilia: Sauria: Chamaeleonidae)". ''Sauria'' '''31''' (2): 41–48. (''Kinyongia vanheygeni'', new species). (in German).