Trioceros goetzei

Trioceros goetzei, also known commonly as Goetze's chameleon, Goetze's whistling chameleon, and the Ilolo chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Trioceros goetzei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Chamaeleonidae
Genus: Trioceros
Species:
T. goetzei
Binomial name
Trioceros goetzei
(Tornier, 1899)

Etymology

The specific name, goetzei, is in honor of German botanist Walther Goetze.[2]

Geographic range

T. goetzei is found in Malawi and Tanzania.[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

  • Trioceros goetzei goetzi (Tornier, 1899)
  • Trioceros goetzei nyikae (Loveridge, 1953)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trioceros.

References
  1. Tolley K (2014). "Trioceros goetzei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T172558A1345358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T172558A1345358.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chamaeleo goetzei, p. 103).
  3. Species Trioceros goetzei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.



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