Trioceros goetzei
| Trioceros goetzei | |
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| Ilolo chameleon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Trioceros |
| Species: | T. goetzei
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| Binomial name | |
| Trioceros goetzei (Tornier, 1899)
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Trioceros goetzei, also known commonly as Goetze's chameleon, Goetze's whistling chameleon, and the Ilolo chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, goetzei, is in honor of German botanist Walther Goetze.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]T. goetzei is found in Malawi and Tanzania.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trioceros.
References
[edit]- ^ Tolley K (2014). "Trioceros goetzei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172558A1345358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172558A1345358.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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 goetzei, p. 103).
- ^ a b Species Trioceros goetzei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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