Exo Terra footage of Kinyongia vanheygeni

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Here's some You Tube footage of a rare Kinyongia vanheygeni from Exo Terras 2008 Tanzania expedition. Some of you may have already seen this footage however I figured I would make a link anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwgn-7VidyU

 

[SonTigerPantherCham]

thank you for posting both vid's, totally love watching footage

 

[suzi]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing

 

[okiroo]

beautiful cham. i enjoyed that

 

[Chase]

It said that the species is only known for that one specimen. Figure they are still searching for other examples while it is being described fully?

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

It said that the species is only known for that one specimen. Figure they are still searching for other examples while it is being described fully?

Where did you read that? There some other posts about this species on these forums.

 

[Chase]

Where did you read that? There some other posts about this species on these forums.

It said it in the video. "The species is only known for this specimen"

LPR08

 

[laurie]

Thanks for the video it was excellent.

 

[Bradycham]

It said it in the video. "The species is only known for this specimen"

LPR08

It also said there are only 12 known specimens of K. Oxyrhina. This video has to be pretty old.

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

It said it in the video. "The species is only known for this specimen"

LPR08

Sorry about that I had been watching the two video's without the volume on.

 

[Chase]

It also said there are only 12 known specimens of K. Oxyrhina. This video has to be pretty old.

I understand that it is an older video. Hence the reason why I asked if Motherlode has heard of them finding anymore specimens. Just because it's old doesn't mean that they have found more.

Sorry about that I had been watching the two video's without the volume on.

Ha! Thanks for putting this video and the Parson's video up. VERY interesting!

LPR08

 

[Chris Anderson]

It said that the species is only known for that one specimen. Figure they are still searching for other examples while it is being described fully?

This species was fully described in 2009 by Petr Necas in the German Journal Sauria. To the best of my knowledge, it is still known from only a single male scientific specimen. Although not ideal, it is not completely uncommon that species are described from a single specimen and additional specimens are not discovered and entered into scientific collections for many years, particularly in remote areas. T. pfefferi was described in 1900 from a single male specimen and was not seen by scientists again until 1990 when three additional specimens, including the first known female, were found and collected.

It said it in the video. "The species is only known for this specimen"

LPR08

It also said there are only 12 known specimens of K. Oxyrhina. This video has to be pretty old.

This is a reference to the number of known preserved specimens in scientific collections. At this point that number has increased but for a long time K. oxyrhina was thought to be quite rare and few had been collected for scientific purposes.

Chris

 

[Bradycham]

I understand that it is an older video. Hence the reason why I asked if Motherlode has heard of them finding anymore specimens. Just because it's old doesn't mean that they have found more.



Ha! Thanks for putting this video and the Parson's video up. VERY interesting!

LPR08

I was stating it was old due to the reference of there only being 12 known specimens of K. oxy. Because there have been quite a few more found, since I and a few other people on the forums have had them.

 

[Bradycham]

This species was fully described in 2009 by Petr Necas in the German Journal Sauria. To the best of my knowledge, it is still known from only a single male scientific specimen. Although not ideal, it is not completely uncommon that species are described from a single specimen and additional specimens are not discovered and entered into scientific collections for many years, particularly in remote areas. T. pfefferi was described in 1900 from a single male specimen and was not seen by scientists again until 1990 when three additional specimens, including the first known female, were found and collected.



This is a reference to the number of known preserved specimens in scientific collections. At this point that number has increased but for a long time K. oxyrhina was thought to be quite rare and few had been collected for scientific purposes.

Chris

Thanks for the clarification Chris!

 

[waynederby]

Interesting videos

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Thanks for posting this thread Motherlode. I hadnt watched any of the Tanzania expedition. It was awesome footage of rarely seen wild chams.