Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La, 2022, Synopsis of the terrestrial Reptiles of Equatorial Guinea, Zootaxa 5202 (1), pp. 1-197 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1

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scientific name

Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964 )
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Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964) View in CoL

Chamaeleo chapini Witte, 1964: 1 View in CoL . Type locality: “near Lukolela , in the Territory of Bikoro , Equator District of the Province of Equator, Congo (former Belgian Congo)”, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964) View in CoL : Tilbury & Tolley 2009: 66.

Distribution. This species occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. In Equatorial Guinea it has only been recorded in Río Muni at Monte Alén National Park ( Watkins-Colwell & De Leon 2003) ( Map 4C View MAPS 4 ).

Comments. The only known specimen from Equatorial Guinea is an adult male found in the stomach of a Telothornis kirtlandi on 5 June 2002. The specimen is housed in the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History with the catalogue number YPM 12638 ( Watkins-Colwell & De Leon 2003).

Specimens examined. No specimens of this species have been found in the examined collections.

Tilbury, C. R. & Tolley, K. A. (2009) A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa, 2079 (1), 57 - 68. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2079.1.2

Watkins-Colwell, G. J. & De Leon J. (2003). Geographic distribution. Chamaeleo chapini. Herpetological Review 34 (2), 165.

Witte, G. F. de (1964) A new chameleon from the Congo. American Museum Novitates, 2192, 1 - 3.

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MAPS 4 A–C. Distribution maps for Equatorial Guinean records of (A) Chamaeleo dilepis; (B) Rhampholeon spectrum; (C) Trioceros chapini.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Chamaeleonidae

Genus

Trioceros