Three-horned chameleon
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Trioceros jacksonii , male |
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| ( Boulenger , 1896) |
The three- horned chameleon ( Trioceros jacksonii ), also called Jackson's chameleon , lives in East Africa, Kenya , Tanzania and Uganda in cool, often very rainy mountain forests up to heights of 2000 meters.
features
The males, which are 36 centimeters long, have a low back crest and three horns. The middle one is slightly curved upwards and is located directly on the tip of the snout, the other two between the eyes. In females there are usually only small, conical scales at the horn attachment points. But there can also be short horns or a medium horn. The animals are usually green to yellow-brown in color, have white and / or brown spots and very variable body scaling.
Reproduction
Three-horned chameleons give birth to 7 to 38 live young (ovoviviparial), which are born around 3.5 to 6 months after mating. At birth, they are surrounded by a sticky cover measuring 1.5 centimeters in diameter, which the female deposits indiscriminately in the branches and which can also fall to the ground. The young animals soon penetrate the egg shell. They are initially black, have white, triangular spots and are 4.5 inches long.
literature
- Manfred Rogner : Lizards. Keeping, care and breeding in the terrarium. Volume 1: geckos, pinnipeds, agamas, chameleons and iguanas. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8001-7248-8 .
further reading
- Andreas Böhle: Jackson's three-horned chameleon. Chamaeleo jacksonii. Natur-und-Tier-Verlag, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-937285-64-4 .
