Trioceros marsabitensis

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 marsabitensis

Name

Trioceros marsabitensis (Tilbury, 1991)

Type locality: Marsabit Mountain forest, Kenya.

Holotype: BMNH 1988.406.

Synonyms

• Chamaeleo marsabitensis Tilbury, 1991
• Trioceros conirostratus Tilbury & Tolley, 2009

References

• Tilbury, C.R. 1991. A new species of Chamaeleo Laurenti 1768 (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae) from a relict montane forest in northern Kenya. Tropical Zoology 4: 159–165.
• Necas, P., Modry, 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.
• 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 marsabitensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 March 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Tilbury's Chameleon