Jackson’s chameleon
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phylum | Chordata | Jackson's chameleons are native to the humid, cooler regions of Kenya and Tanzania, East Africa, and found in great numbers at altitudes over 3,000 m. They are sometimes called three-horned chameleons because males possess three brown horns: one on the nose (the rostral horn) and one above each superior orbital ridge above the eyes (preocular horns), somewhat reminiscent of the ceratopsid dinosaur genus Triceratops. The females generally have no horns, or traces of the rostral horn.
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clade | Diapsida | |
order | Squamata | |
suborder | Iguania | |
family | Chamaeleonidae | |
genus | Trioceros | |
species | T. jacksonii |