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Trioceros fuelleborni
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]
| Trioceros fuelleborni | |
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| Scientific 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] | |
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Etymology Edit
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 Edit
T. fuelleborni is found in southwestern Tanzania in the Poroto Mountains and on volcanoes of the Rungwe Volcanic Province.[1][2]
Habitat Edit
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 Edit
T. fuelleborni is ovoviviparous.[2]
References Edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Trioceros fuelleborni ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ^ 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 Edit
- 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)