Trioceros jacksonii

Trioceros jacksonii, Nairobi, Kenya

Trioceros jacksonii — distribution map

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Trioceros
Species: Trioceros jacksonii
Subspecies: T. j. jacksonii – T. j. merumontanus – T. j. xantholophus

Name

Trioceros jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.21.81.
• Type locality: Laikinoi, Mt. Meru, Arusha District, Tanzania.

Combinations

• Chamaeleon jacksonii Boulenger, 1896: 376 [original combination]
• Chamaeleo jacksonii — Mertens, 1966 [subsequent combination]
• Trioceros jacksonii — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Description of a new chameleon from Uganda. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 17: 376.
• 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

• Rand, A. S. 1958. A new subspecies of Chamaeleo jacksoni Boulenger and a key to the species of three-horned chameleons. Breviora 99: 1–8.
• Eason, P. K. & G. W. Ferguson & J. Hebrard 1988. Variation in Chamaeleo jacksonii (Sauria, Chamaeleonidae): Description of a New Subspecies. Copeia 1988(3): 580–590.

Links

• Tolley, K. 2014. IUCN: Trioceros jacksonii  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172531A109922526. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172531A1344462.en. Accessed on 23 June 2026.

Distribution

Africa

Kenya: eastern slopes of Mt. Kenya
Tanzania: Mt. Meru

Northern America

USA: introduced to Hawaii

Vernacular names

• čeština: Chameleon třírohý
• English: Jackson's Chameleon
• polski: Kameleon Jacksona
• ไทย: กิ้งก่าคาเมเลี่ยนแจ็คสัน

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