''Trioceros'' is a
genus
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of
lizard
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s in the family
Chamaeleonidae. ''Trioceros'' was considered a
subgenus
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of the genus ''
Chamaeleo'' until 2009, when it was elevated to full genus level.
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Species and subspecies
The following species
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and subspecies
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are recognized as being valid.Nota bene
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'': In the above list, a binomial authority
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or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ''Trioceros''.
Footnotes
References
* (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. .
* (2009). "A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus ''Chamaeleo'' (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)". ''Zootaxa'' 2079: 57–68.
* (1839). ''The Natural History of Fishes, Amphibians, & Reptiles, or Monocardian Animals. Vol. II.'' London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans; John Taylor. (A. Spottiswoode, printer). 452 pp. (''Trioceros'', new genus, p. 369).
External links
* http://www.chameleoninfo.com/Species_Profiles.html
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Lizard genera
Taxa named by William John Swainson