Trioceros feae explained

Trioceros feae, also known commonly as the Bioko montane chameleon and Fea's chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to the island of Bioko.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, feae, is in honor of Leonardo Fea, who was an Italian explorer and naturalist.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. feae is forest, at altitudes of .

Reproduction

T. feae is oviparous.^[1]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1906). "Report on the Reptiles collected by the late L. Fea in West Africa". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Terza [=Third Series] 2: 196–216. (Chamæleon feae, new species, pp. 207–208 + Figure 4, two views).
• Campbell PD, Denzer W (2020). "Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500.
• Nečas P (1999). Chameleons: Nature's hidden Jewels. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 348 pp. (Europe), (USA, Canada).
• Tilbury CR, Tolley KA (2009). "A re-appraisal of the systematics of the African genus Chamaeleo (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae)". Zootaxa 2079: 57–68. (Trioceros feae, new combination).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]