A new chameleon of the Trioceros affinis species complex (Squamata, Chamaeleonidae) from Ethiopia

A new species of chameleon, Trioceros wolfgangboehmei sp. nov. , inhabiting the northern slopes Bale Mountains in Ethiopia, is described. It differs from its Ethiopian congeners by a combination following features: presence prominent dorsal crest with low number enlarged conical scales reaching along anterior half tail as crest, casque raised above heterogeneous body scalation, long canthus parietalis, rugose head high flank at midbody and unique hemipenial morphology. Based on morphological characteristics, phylogenetic discordances previous studies biogeographical patterns, this assigned to affinis (Rüppell, 1845) complex. An updated comprehensive key found Ethiopia provided.