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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Chamaeleonidae
Jackson's Chameleon
Trioceros jacksonii
Boulenger, 1896
Current SSAR Comments:
Native to eastern Africa. It was introduced via the pet trade and established in California in 1981 (Kraus, 2009, Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. SpringerVerlag, Heidelberg, Germany) and in Hawai'i on Oah’u, Hawai’i, Kaua’i, Lana’i and Maui as early as 1972 (McKeown, 1996, Diamond Head Publishing, Incorporated, Los Osos, California; Kraus, 2009,
op. cit.
).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.02.03.15.01.18)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1896
Boulenger, George A. Description of a new chameleon from Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(17):376
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