Trioceros
| Trioceros | |
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| Jackson's three-horned Chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Trioceros Swainson, 1839 |
Trioceros is a genus in the family Chamaeleonidae. It was previously considered a subgenus of the genus Chamaeleo until 2009 when it was elevated to full genus level.[1]
Species
- Beardless Ethiopian mountain chameleon or Ruppell's desert chameleon, T. affinis
- Bale Mountain two-horned chameleon, T. balebicornutus
- Side-striped chameleon or two-lined montane dwarf chameleon, T. bitaeniatus
- Cameroon chameleon, T. camerunensis
- Chapin's chameleon, T. chapini
- Sudanese cone-horned chameleon, T. conirostratus
- Crested chameleon or fringed chameleon, T. cristatus
- Usambara giant three-horned chameleon, T. deremensis
- Elliot's groove-throated side-striped chameleon, T. ellioti
- Bioko hornless chameleon, T. feae
- Poroto Mountain three-horned chameleon, T. fuelleborni
- Whistling chameleon, T. goetzei
- Goetze's whistling chameleon, T. g. goetzei
- Nyika whistling chameleon, T. g. nyikae
- Mount Hanang montane dwarf chameleon, T. hanangensis
- Harenna hornless chameleon, T. harennae
- Harenna hornless chameleon, T. h. harennae
- Fitch's Harenna hornless chameleon, T. h. fitchi
- Von Hohnel's chameleon, helmeted or high-casqued chameleon, T. hoehnelii
- Ukinga hornless chameleon, T. incornutus
- Ituri forest chameleon, T. ituriensis
- Jackson's chameleon, T. jacksonii
- Jackson's three-horned chameleon, T. j. jacksonii
- Dwarf Jackson's chameleon, T. j. merumontanus
- Mount Kenya three-horned chameleon or yellow-crested Jackson's chameleon, T. j. xantholophus
- Johnston's three-horned chameleon or Ruwenzori three-horned chameleon, T. johnstoni
- Mount Kineti montane dwarf chameleon, T. kinetensis
- Spiny-flanked chameleon, T. laterispinis
- Marsabit one-horned chameleon, Trioceros marsabitensis
- Meller's chameleon or Meller's giant one-horned chameleon, T. melleri
- Cameroon sailfin chameleon, T. montium
- Mount Kulal helmeted chameleon, T. narraioca
- Nyiru montane dwarf chameleon, T. ntunte
- Cherangani helmeted chameleon, T. nyirit
- Owen's three-horned chameleon, T. oweni
- Southern peacock chameleon, T. perreti
- Pfeffer's two-horned chameleon, Trioceros pfefferi
- Four-horned chameleon, T. quadricornis
- Southern four-horned chameleon, Trioceros quadricornis quadricornis
- Rumpi Hills chameleon, T. q. eisentrauti
- Northern four-horned chameleon, T. q. gracilior
- Rough chameleon or Rwenzori bearded montane dwarf chameleon, T. rudis
- Schouteden's montane dwarf chameleon, T. schoutedeni
- Mount Kenya montane dwarf chameleon, T. schubotzi
- Central peacock chameleon, T. serratus
- Tanzanian montane dwarf chameleon, T. sternfeldi
- Tubercle-nosed chameleon, T. tempeli
- Werner's chameleon, T. werneri
- Northern peacock chameleon, T. wiedersheimi
Footnotes
- ↑ Tilbury & Tolley (2009)
References
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- Tilbury, C.R., & Tolley, K.A. (2009). A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 2079: 57–68.