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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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7293387

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scientific name

Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964 )
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Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964)

Chamaeleo chapini Witte, 1964: 1 . 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) : 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).

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 View Materials ( Watkins-Colwell & De Leon 2003) .

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Chamaeleonidae

Genus

Trioceros

Loc

Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964 )

Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, Calvo-Revuelta, Marta & Riva, Ignacio De La 2022
2022
Loc

Trioceros chapini ( Witte, 1964 )

Tilbury, C. R. & Tolley, K. A. 2009: 66
2009
Loc

Chamaeleo chapini

Witte, G. F. de 1964: 1
1964
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