Side-striped Chameleon
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| Trioceros bitaeniatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Trioceros |
| Species: | bitaeniatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trioceros bitaeniatus Fischer, 1884 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chamaeleo bilineatus Severtzov, 1916 |
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Trioceros bitaeniatus, also known as the side-striped chamaeleon or the two-lined chamaeleon is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
In Kenya, the Side-striped chamaeleon lives on Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro, and in the Aberdare Range. They live in the Hagenia and Hypericum scrub in the timberline forest between 3000 and 4000 m. It lives between 1 and 2 metres (3–6 feet) above the ground in the giant heathers that grow here. They are strictly diurnal and shelter at night between dense bushes.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Klaver, Charles J. J.; Böhme, Wolfgang (1997). Bauer, Aaron M.. ed. Das Tierreich, Part 112: Chamaeleonidae. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110151871.
- ^ Andren, Claes (June 1975). "The Reptile Fauna in the Lower Alpine Zone of Aberdare and Mount Kenya". British Journal of Herpetology: 566–573.
the sub-species should be in the classification list.
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