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Trioceros bitaeniatus (FISCHER, 1884)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Two-lined Chameleon, Side-striped chmeleon
G: Zweistreifenchamäleon, Seitenstreifenchamäleon 
SynonymChamaeleo bitaeniatus FISCHER 1884
Chamaeleo bilineatus — SEWETZOFF 1916 (n. emend. pro Chamaeleo bitaeniatus FISCHER 1884)
Chamaeleo bitaeniatus — RAND 1963: 11
Chamaeleo (Trioceros) bitaeniatus — NECAS 1999: 148
Trioceros bitaeniatus — TILBURY & TOLLEY 2009
Trioceros bitaeniatus — TILBURY 2010: 563
Trioceros bitaeniatus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 282 
DistributionEthiopia, Kenya, S Sudan (Jumhūriyyat), Republic of South Sudan (RSS), Uganda, Tanzania, N/E Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Somalia, probably in Republic of South Sudan (RSS) (L. Chirio, pers. comm.)

Type locality: Lake Naivasha, Kenya.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMH R02832 (male) R02833 (female), R02835-36, adults and juveniles, ZFMK 66060 
Diagnosis 
CommentNot listed for Somalia by LANZA 1990. Note that Chameleo bitaeniatus kinetensis has been elevated to full species status. 
EtymologyNamed after “bi-” = two or dual and Latin “taenia” = band or stripe. 
References
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