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Trioceros melleri (GRAY, 1865)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Meller's Chameleon
G: Mellerchamäleon, Elefantenohrchamäleon 
SynonymEnsirostris melleri GRAY 1865: 478
Chamaeleo melleri — LOVERIDGE 1920: 166
Chamaeleo (Trioceros) melleri — NECAS 1999: 174
Trioceros melleri — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Trioceros melleri — TILBURY 2010: 678
Trioceros melleri — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 298 
DistributionMalawi, N Mozambique, Tanzania

Type locality: “Africa, on the mountains in the interior”; restricted to Zomba Mountain, Malawi (by LOVERIDGE 1953)..  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NHMUK (18)64.10.29.1, male (stuffed) 
Diagnosis 
CommentType species: Ensirostris melleri Gray, 1865 is the type species of the genus Ensirostris Gray, 1865. 
Etymologynamed after ”Dr. Meller” who is mentioned by Gray in the section about the “habitat” (= locality) of this species without further comment. 
References
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