Trioceros narraioca

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 narraioca

Name

Trioceros narraioca (Necas, Modrý & Slapeta, 2003)

Type locality: 2 km north of Gatab in the montane forest of Mount Kulal, Northern Frontier Division of Kenya, 02° 39’E 52.6’’N; 36° 56’ 11.4’’ E, elevation 1800 m elevation.

Holotype: ZFMK 73956.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo narraioca Necas, Modrý & Slapeta, 2003
• Trioceros conirostratus Tilbury & Tolley, 2009

References

Primary references

• Necas, P. Modrý, D. & Slapeta, J.R. 2003. Chamaeleo (Trioceros) narraioca n. sp. (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae), a new chameleon species from a relict montane forest of Mount Kulal, northern Kenya. Tropical Zoology 16(1): 1–12.
• 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

Links

• Chamaeleo narraioca at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mount Kulal Chameleon