Trioceros cristatus

Trioceros cristatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Trioceros
Species: Trioceros cristatus

Name

Trioceros cristatus (Stutchbury, 1837)

• Holotype: BMAG A715. [lost]
• Type locality: “Gaboon”.

Combinations

• Chamaeleon cristatus Stutchbury 1837: 361 [original combination]
• Chamaeleo cristatus Mertens, 1966: 11 [subsequent combination]
• Trioceros cristatus — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary 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

Additional references

• 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).

Links

• LeBreton, M., Carpenter, A.I. & Luiselli, L. 2011. IUCN: Trioceros cristatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176313A7216274. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176313A7216274.en. Accessed on 17 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Crested Chameleon
• polski: Kameleon grzebieniasty

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