Trioceros jacksonii

Trioceros jacksonii, Nairobi, Kenya

Trioceros jacksonii — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Trioceros
Species: Trioceros jacksonii
Subspecies: T. j. jacksonii – T. j. merumontanus – T. j. xantholophus

Name

Trioceros jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)

Type locality: Laikinoi, Mt. Meru, Arusha District, Tanzania.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo jacksonii Boulenger, 1896
• Chamaeleon jacksonii Boulenger, 1896: 376

References

• Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Description of a new chameleon from Uganda. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 376.
• Rand, A. S. 1958. A new subspecies of Chamaeleo jacksoni Boulenger and a key to the species of three-horned chameleons. Breviora 99: 1–8.
• Eason, P. K. & G. W. Ferguson & J. Hebrard 1988. Variation in Chamaeleo jacksonii (Sauria, Chamaeleonidae): Description of a New Subspecies. Copeia 1988 (3): 580–590.
• Tilbury, C.R.; Tolley, K.A. 2009: A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa, 2079: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt
• Trioceros jacksonii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 Mar 2008.

Distribution

Africa

Kenya: eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya
Tanzania: Mt. Meru

Northern America

USA: introduced to Hawaii

Vernacular names

čeština: Chameleon třírohý
English: Jackson's Chameleon
polski: Kameleon Jacksona
ไทย: กิ้งก่าคาเมเลี่ยนแจ็คสัน

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