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Trioceros quadricornis  (Tornier, 1899)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1055699

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Chamaeleo quadricornis Tornier, 1899
  
  Common Name(s): Four-horned Chameleon [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyChamaeleonidae  – Chameleons  
                                  SubfamilyChamaeleoninae   
                                     GenusTrioceros Swainson, 1839  
                                        SpeciesTrioceros quadricornis (Tornier, 1899) – Four-horned Chameleon  
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                                           SubspeciesTrioceros quadricornis eisentrauti (Mertens, 1968) – Eisentraut's Chameleon 
                                           SubspeciesTrioceros quadricornis gracilior (Böhme and Klaver, 1981)  
                                           SubspeciesTrioceros quadricornis quadricornis (Tornier, 1899)  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Trioceros quadricornis, Four-horned Chameleon [English]   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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