Trioceros johnstoni

Trioceros johnstoni, known commonly as Johnston's chameleon, Johnston's three-horned chameleon, or the Ruwenzori three-horned chameleon, is an endemic chameleon of the Albertine Rift in Central Africa.[1]

Trioceros johnstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Trioceros
Species:
T. johnstoni
Binomial name
Trioceros johnstoni
(Boulenger, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Chamaeleon johnstoni
    Boulenger, 1901
  • Chamaeleo johnstoni
    — Laurent, 1951
  • Chamaeleo (Trioceros) johnstoni
    — Nečas, 1999
  • Trioceros johnstoni
    — Tilbury & Tolley, 2009

Taxonomy

Trioceros johnstoni is a species in the lizard family Chamaeleonidae.[3] The specific name johnstoni was given in honor of the British explorer Harry Johnston.[4][5]

Distribution and habitat

T. johnstoni is found in forests at altitudes between 1,000 and 2,500 m (3,300 and 8,200 ft) in the Albertine Rift of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, but also tolerates semi-urbanized environments as long as some trees and bushes remain.[1]

Behaviour and ecology

T. johnstoni is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Tolley, K.; Plumptre, A. (2014). "Trioceros johnstoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T172573A1345950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172573A1345950.en.
  2. "Trioceros johnstoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Tilbury, C.R. (2010). Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira.
  4. Boulenger, G. A. (1901). "Description of two new Chameleons from Mount Ruwenzori, British East Africa". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 135–136, Plates XII-XIII.
  5. 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. (Trioceros johnstoni, p. 135).

Further reading
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, 2nd Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.


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