Trioceros jacksonii

Trioceros jacksonii, Nairobi, Kenya
Trioceros jacksonii — distribution map

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Trioceros jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)

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

Synonyms edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Africa

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

Northern America

USA: introduced to Hawaii

Vernacular names edit

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