Trioceros werneri | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Trioceros |
Species: | T. werneri
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Binomial name | |
Trioceros werneri (
Tornier, 1899)
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Trioceros werneri, the Wemer's chameleon or Wemer's three-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon that is endemic to forests and nearby gardens at altitudes of 1,700–2,600 m (5,600–8,500 ft) in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. [1] [2] The adult male has three distinct "horns", whereas the female has no or only a single short horn on the nose. [3] [4] Like many (but not all) Trioceros species of highlands, the female T. werneri does not lay eggs, but instead gives birth to live young, typically 15–20 at a time. [5]
The three long annulated horns in the male T. werneri makes it superficially similar to T. jacksonii and T. johnstoni, and to extent also to the short-horned T. fuelleborni and the smooth-horned T. oweni, [3] but they are not close relatives. [5]
Although currently recognized as a single relatively widespread species, it is considered likely that T. werneri is a species complex and a taxonomic review is necessary. [1] [4]
Trioceros werneri | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Trioceros |
Species: | T. werneri
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Binomial name | |
Trioceros werneri (
Tornier, 1899)
|
Trioceros werneri, the Wemer's chameleon or Wemer's three-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon that is endemic to forests and nearby gardens at altitudes of 1,700–2,600 m (5,600–8,500 ft) in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. [1] [2] The adult male has three distinct "horns", whereas the female has no or only a single short horn on the nose. [3] [4] Like many (but not all) Trioceros species of highlands, the female T. werneri does not lay eggs, but instead gives birth to live young, typically 15–20 at a time. [5]
The three long annulated horns in the male T. werneri makes it superficially similar to T. jacksonii and T. johnstoni, and to extent also to the short-horned T. fuelleborni and the smooth-horned T. oweni, [3] but they are not close relatives. [5]
Although currently recognized as a single relatively widespread species, it is considered likely that T. werneri is a species complex and a taxonomic review is necessary. [1] [4]