Trioceros quadricornis

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 quadricornis
Subspecies: T. q. gracilior – T. q. quadricornis

Name

Trioceros quadricornis (Tornier, 1899)

Type locality: Kamerun, (eingeschränkt fide Klaver 1981:44): Manengouba Berge, Kamerun.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo quadricornis Tornier, 1899
• Trioceros quadricornis Tilbury & Tolley, 2009

References

Primary references

• Tornier, G. 1899. Drei Reptilien aus Afrika. Zool. Anz. 22(588): 258–261.

Additional references

• Böhme, W. & Klaver, C. 1981. Zur innerartlichen Gliederung und zur Artgeschichte von Chamaeleo quadricornis Tornier, 1899 (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 4: 313–328. DOI: 10.1163/156853881X00401 Reference page. 
• 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).
• Trioceros quadricornis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 November 2012.

Vernacular names

English: Four-horned Chameleon
polski: Kameleon czterorogi