Trioceros fuelleborni

Trioceros fuelleborni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Trioceros
Species:
T. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Trioceros fuelleborni
(Tornier, 1900)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chamaeleon fülleborni
    Tornier, 1900
  • Chamaeleo (Trioceros) fuelleborni
    — Nečas, 1999
  • Trioceros fuelleborni
    — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009

Trioceros fuelleborni, also known commonly as the flapjack chameleon, the Ngosi Volcano chameleon, and the Poroto three-horned chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to Tanzania.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, fuelleborni, is in honor of Prussian-born physician Friedrich Fülleborn, who worked in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) from 1896 to 1900.[3]

Geographic range

T. fuelleborni is found in southwestern Tanzania in the Poroto Mountains and on volcanoes of the Rungwe Volcanic Province.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. fuelleborni is forest, at altitudes of 2,200–2,500 m (7,200–8,200 ft), but it has also been found in trees and bushes in suburban areas near forest.[1]

Reproduction

T. fuelleborni is ovoviviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tolley, K.; Menegon, M. (2020). "Trioceros fuelleborni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T172557A177251016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T172557A177251016.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Trioceros fuelleborni ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael, Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Flapjack Chameleon Chamaeleo fuelleborni ", p. 95).

Further reading

  • Nečas P (1999). Chameleons – Nature's Hidden Jewels. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 348 pp. ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe), ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (United States, Canada).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Trioceros fuelleborni, p. 287).
  • Tilbury RC, Tolley KA (2009). "A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 2079: 57–68. (Trioceros fuelleborni, new combination).
  • Tornier G (1900). "Neue Liste der Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen Deutsch Ost-Afrikas ". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 13: 579–618. (Chamaeleon fülleborni, new species, pp. 614–618, Figure H). (in German)



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