| Trioceros chapini | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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.
Geographic range
T. chapini is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. chapini is forest.
Reproduction
The mode of reproduction of T. chapini is unknown.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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).
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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