Trioceros chapini

Trioceros chapini
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Chamaeleonidae
Genus:	Trioceros
Species:	T. chapini
Binomial name
	Trioceros chapini; (de Witte, 1964)
Synonyms
	Chamaeleo chapini; de Witte, 1964; Chamaeleo (Trioceros) chapini; — Nečas, 1999; Trioceros chapini; — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009;

Last updated October 06, 2025

Trioceros chapini, also known commonly as Chapin's chameleon, the gray chameleon, and the grey chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to Central Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, chapini, is in honor of American ornithologist James Paul Chapin.^[3]

Geographic range

T. chapini is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. chapini is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. chapini is unknown.^[2]

References

1 2 Pauwels, O.S.G.; Carpenter, A.I. (2011). "Trioceros chapini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T176307A7214893. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176307A7214893.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 "Trioceros chapini ". 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. (Chamaeleo chapini, p. 51).

de Witte GF (1964). "A New Chameleon from the Congo". American Museum Novitates (2192): 1–3. (Chamaeleo chapini, new species).
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).
Tilbury CR, Tolley KA (2009). "A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa2079: 57–68.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 Pauwels, O.S.G.; Carpenter, A.I. (2011). "Trioceros chapini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T176307A7214893. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176307A7214893.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 "Trioceros chapini ". 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. (Chamaeleo chapini, p. 51).

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