Trioceros cristatus

Trioceros cristatus

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 cristatus

Name

Trioceros cristatus (Stutchbury, 1837)

Type locality: Gaboon.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleon cristatus Stutchbury 1837: 361 (Original combination)
• Trioceros cristatus - Tilbury & Tolley, 2009

References

• Stutchbury, S. 1837. Description of a new species of the genus Chamaeleo. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 17(3): 361–362. BHL DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1834.tb00027.x
• Klaver, C. & Böhme, W. 1992. The species of Chamaeleo cristatus group from Cameroon and adjacent countries, West Africa. Bonn. zool. Beitr. 43(3): 433–476.
• Nečas, P. 1999. Chameleons – Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp. ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe). ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada). Reference page. 
• 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 (PDF).
• Chamaeleo cristatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 March 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Crested Chameleon
polski: Kameleon grzebieniasty

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