Side-striped Chameleon

Trioceros bitaeniatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Trioceros
Species: bitaeniatus
Binomial name
Trioceros bitaeniatus
Fischer, 1884
Synonyms[1]

Chamaeleo bilineatus Severtzov, 1916

Trioceros bitaeniatus, also known as the side-striped chamaeleon or the two-lined chamaeleon is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

In Kenya, the Side-striped chamaeleon lives on Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro, and in the Aberdare Range. They live in the Hagenia and Hypericum scrub in the timberline forest between 3000 and 4000 m. It lives between 1 and 2 metres (3–6 feet) above the ground in the giant heathers that grow here. They are strictly diurnal and shelter at night between dense bushes.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Klaver, Charles J. J.; Böhme, Wolfgang (1997). Bauer, Aaron M.. ed. Das Tierreich, Part 112: Chamaeleonidae. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110151871. 
  2. ^ Andren, Claes (June 1975). "The Reptile Fauna in the Lower Alpine Zone of Aberdare and Mount Kenya". British Journal of Herpetology: 566–573. 

the sub-species should be in the classification list.