Trioceros quadricornis

Trioceros quadricornis

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 quadricornis
Subspecies (3): T. q. eisentrauti – T. q. gracilior – T. q. quadricornis

Name

Trioceros quadricornis (Tornier, 1899)

• Lectotype: ZMB 14957.
• Type locality: Kamerun, (eingeschränkt fide Klaver 1981:44): Manengouba Berge, Kamerun.

Combinations

• Chamaeleon quadricornis Tornier, 1899: 259 [original combination]
• Trioceros quadricornis — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

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

• 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. 

Links

• Anderson, C.V. & Gonwouo, N.L. 2015. IUCN: Trioceros quadricornis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T172571A1345774. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T172571A1345774.en. Accessed on 04 June 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Four-horned Chameleon
• polski: Kameleon czterorogi