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Crested Chameleon
Trioceros cristatus
The crested chameleon (Trioceros cristatus), also known as the sail backed chameleon, is a species of chameleon native to forests and semi-open wooded habitats in Central Africa.
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Description
The female is larger than the male. The typical total length of a female is about 28 cm (11 in), and the typical total for a male is about 25 cm (9.8 in). Females lay between 11 and 14 eggs, although a clutch of 37 was once found.
Range & habitat
The crested chameleon is restricted to Central Africa, where it can be found in Equatorial Guinea (including the island of Bioko), Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Ghana and Togo. The type locality is Gabon. The crested chameleon is found at an altitude between 10 and 900 metres (33 and 2,953 feet) above mean sea level, and it inhabits forests (including secondary forests), forest-savanna mosaics and farmland.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32860.