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Trioceros chapini

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Pauwels, O.S.G. |author-link=species:Olivier Sylvain Gérard Pauwels |author2=Carpenter, A.I. |author2-link=species:Angus I. Carpenter |date=2011 |title=Trioceros chapini |volume=2011 |page=e.T176307A7214893 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T176307A7214893.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Trioceros

| species = chapini

| authority = (de Witte, 1964)

| synonyms = *Chamaeleo chapini
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  • Chamaeleo (Trioceros) chapini
    {{small|— Nečas, 1999}}
  • Trioceros chapini
    {{small|— Tilbury & Tolley, 2009}}

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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.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).

Geographic range

T. chapini is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.{{Cite news|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Trioceros&species=chapini|title=Trioceros chapini |work=The Reptile Database|access-date=2017-09-02}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. chapini is forest.

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. chapini is unknown.

References

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Further reading

  • 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)". Zootaxa 2079: 57–68.

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Category:Trioceros

Category:Reptiles described in 1964

Category:Taxa named by Gaston-François de Witte

Category:Reptiles of Gabon

Category:Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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