Trioceros hoehnelii

Trioceros hoehnelii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Trioceros
Species: Trioceros hoehnelii
Subspecies: T. h. altaeelgonis – T. h. hoehnelii

Name

Trioceros hoehnelii (Steindachner, 1891)

• Holotype: NMW 23380.
• Type locality: Leikipia (6000 ft. elevation), Kenya.

Combinations

• Chamaeleon hoehnelii Steindachner, 1891: 309 [original combination]
• Chamaeleon bitaeniatus höhneli — Werner, 1911 [subsequent combination]
• Chamaeleo hoehnelii — Mertens, 1966 [subsequent combination]
• Trioceros hoehnelii — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo leikipiensis Steindachner 1891
• Chamaeleo bergeri Sternfeld 1912

References

Primary references

• Steindachner, F. 1891. Bericht über die von Herrn Linienschiffsleutenant Ritter von Höhnel während der Graf Samuel Telekis ostafrikanischer Expedition gesammelten Reptilien. Sber. Akad. Wiss., Wien 100(1): 307–313.
• Tilbury, C.R. & Tolley, K.A. 2009. A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 2079: 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2079.1.2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Loveridge, A. 1935. Scientific results of an expedition to rain forest regions in Eastern Africa. I. New reptiles. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool., Harvard 79: 1–19.
• 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. 

Links

• Tolley, K. 2014. IUCN: Trioceros hoehnelii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T176315A47633405. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T176315A47633405.en. Accessed on 23 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• čeština: Chameleon přilbový
• English: High-casqued Chameleon
• polski: Kameleon hełmiasty