Trioceros cristatus ( Stutchbury, 1837 )

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 : 27-30

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7305313

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287E8-FFB8-FF8E-FF4B-F9F3FD67E02B

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scientific name

Trioceros cristatus ( Stutchbury, 1837 )
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Trioceros cristatus ( Stutchbury, 1837)

Figure 4A View FIGURE 4

Chamaeleon cristatus Stutchbury, 1837: 361 . Type locality: “banks of the River Gaboon ”. Gabon River, Gabon.

Pterosaurus cristata ( Stutchbury, 1837) : Gray 1865: 349.

Trioceros cristatus ( Stutchbury, 1837) : Tilbury & Tolley 2009: 66.

Distribution. This species ranges from Nigeria to the Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic. In Equatorial Guinea it has been recorded both in Bioko ( Boulenger 1887; Bocage 1903) at Musola ( Boulenger 1906; Mertens 1941) and San Carlos ( Mertens 1964a), and in Río Muni at Cabo San Juan ( Boulenger 1905) and Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002), including Monte Mitra Forest ( Fa & García Yuste 2001; Gonwouo & Nsang 2005) ( Map 5A View MAPS 5 ).

Comments. Reports of harvesting over this species in Monte Mitra forests are provided by Fa & García Yuste (2001). Commonly found in Monte Alén National Park ( Lasso et al. 2002).

Specimens examined. Eighteen specimens. Equatorial Guinea, without specific locality, but likely part of the material examined by Boulenger (1905) from Cabo San Juan ( MNCN 5105–5106 View Materials ) . Río Muni: Ebebiyin, Río Muni, 1 July 1964 ( EBD 2721 View Materials ) ; Mongomo, Río Muni, 16 April 1986 ( EBD 20808–20809 View Materials ) ; Surroundings of Bata , 29 November 1985 ( EBD 20810) ; Miboman , 30 km from Bata, 14 October 1986 ( EBD 20807) ; Río Lobo , Moca, Evinayong, 24 May 1986 ( EBD 20811) ; Besabeba , 01 October 1985 ( EBD 20812) ; Asonga , Bata, 27 September 1974 ( EBD 18387) ; Colegio de la Salle, Bata, January 1965 ( EBD 2720 View Materials ) ; Movo , 28 August 1984 ( EBD 18394) ; Acurenam “Guemg”, 24 August 1984 ( EBD 18677) ; Acoaseng (not found locality), Bata, 09 July 1987 ( EBD 27489) ; from Bata to Niefang, 12 February 1988 ( EBD 27675) ; San Joaquín de Ndyiacom , 1990 ( EBD 31501_ B-9070) ; without specific locality, 1963 ( EBD 2719 View Materials ) .

EBD

Estacion Biologica de Donana

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Chamaeleonidae

Genus

Trioceros

Loc

Trioceros cristatus ( Stutchbury, 1837 )

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

Trioceros cristatus ( Stutchbury, 1837 )

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

Chamaeleon cristatus

Stutchbury, S. 1837: 361
1837
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