Trioceros ntunte

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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 ntunte

Name

Trioceros ntunte (Nečas, Modrý & Šlapeta, 2005)

• Holotype: ZFMK 73963, subadult ♂, collected by David Modrý, Jan R. Slapeta and Jiri Volf on 11 February 2001.
• Type locality: “Kosi Kosi (02°07’25’’ N, 036°51’01’’ E), on top of Mount Nyiru (alt. 2650 m a.s.l.), Northern Frontier Division of Kenya”.

Combinations

• Chamaeleo (Trioceros) ntunte Necas, Modrý & Slapeta, 2005: 126 [original combination]
• Trioceros ntunte — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009: 66 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Nečas, P., Modrý, D. & Šlapeta, J.R. 2005. Chamaeleo (Trioceros) ntunte sp. n., a new chameleon species from Mt. Nyiru, northern Kenya. Herpetozoa 18(3/4): 125–132. PDF 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2079.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Tolley, K., Menegon, M. & Plumptre, A. 2014. IUCN: Trioceros ntunte  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T172527A1344348. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172527A1344348.en. Accessed on 04 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Ntunte Chameleon