Side-striped chameleon

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Side-striped chameleon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Trioceros
Species:
T. bitaeniatus
Binomial name
Trioceros bitaeniatus
Fischer, 1884
Synonyms [2]

Chamaeleo bilineatusSevertzov, 1916

The side-striped chameleon or the two-lined chameleon (Trioceros bitaeniatus) is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]

In Kenya, the side-striped chameleon 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 m (3.3 and 6.6 ft) above the ground in the giant heathers that grow here. They are strictly diurnal and shelter at night between dense bushes. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Tolley, K. (2014). "Trioceros bitaeniatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014: e.T172556A1345308. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172556A1345308.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Klaver, Charles J. J.; Böhme, Wolfgang (1997). Bauer, Aaron M. (ed.). Das Tierreich, Part 112: Chamaeleonidae. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   3-11-015187-1.
  3. ↑ Andren, Claes (June 1975). "The Reptile Fauna in the Lower Alpine Zone of Aberdare and Mount Kenya". British Journal of Herpetology: 566–573.


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