The coarse chameleon (''Trioceros rudis''), also known as the rudis chameleon, Ruwenzori side-striped chameleon or the Rwenzori bearded chameleon, is a chameleon from western

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo. Contrary to common belief, this species does not inhabit

Mount Meru Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritu ...

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

. Tanzania chameleons called ''T. rudis'' are in fact '' T. sternfeldi''. This chameleon is often found in open habitats, inhabiting low bushes and shrubs (often described as 'patchy open country") in the transitional zones between grasslands, reedbeds and montane heath. ''T. rudis'' is small () and lacks horns or occipital lobes. It has a long tail and a small crest.

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Chamaeleo Research Group
apanese Trioceros Endangered animals Vertebrates of Burundi Reptiles of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Vertebrates of Rwanda Reptiles of Uganda Lizards of Africa Reptiles described in 1906 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{Chameleon-stub