Trioceros jacksonii
Boulenger, 1896
try-oh-SEAR-us — jak-son-EE-ai
SSAR 9th Edition 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.).
Page 84: The (Kraus, 2009) reference should be "Kraus, 2009, Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands". — (06/11/2025)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1896
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Boulenger, George A. Description of a new chameleon from Uganda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6(17):376
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1996
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McKeown, Sean. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands. Diamond Head Publishing, Inc., Los Osos, California. pp.
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2009
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Kraus, Fred. Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 563pp.
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