Trioceros chapini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Trioceros chapini (de Witte, 1964)

Holotype: AMNH 45885, adult ♀, collected by James P. Chapin on 16 January 1931.
Type locality: “near Lukolela, in the Territory of Bikoro, Equator District of the Province of Equator, Congo (former Belgian Congo)”.

de Witte, G. F. 1964. A new chameleon from the Congo. American Museum Novitates 2192: 1–3. BHL
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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.

Pauwels, O.S.G. & Carpenter, A.I. 2011. IUCN: Trioceros chapini (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T176307A7214893. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176307A7214893.en. Accessed on 01 September 2025.