Trioceros Swainson, 1839

Marques, Mariana P., Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Blackburn, David C. & Bauer, Aaron M., 2018, Diversity and Distribution of the Amphibians and Terrestrial Reptiles of Angola Atlas of Historical and Bibliographic Records (1840 - 2017), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 65, pp. 1-501 : 284

Genus Trioceros Swainson, 1839

Trioceros oweni (Gray, 1831) OWEN’S CHAMELEON

Chamaeleo Oweni Gray 1831b:7 . Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.21.48-49 (formerly BMNH xxiv.17.b and xxiv.17a) (collector Capt. W. Owen). Type locality: “ Fernando Poo ” [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea]. Chamaeleo oweni : Chirio and LeBreton (2007:190). Trioceros oweni : Tilbury and Tolley (2009:65-66), Tilbury (2010:700), Trape et al. (2012:200), Glaw

(2015:229).

Global conservation status (IUCN):

Least Concern.

Global distribution: Widely distributed in Central Africa, from southeastern Nigeria to

Cabinda and across the northern half of the

Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ocurrences in Angola (Map 244): The species has been recorded only from the northern portion of the Cabinda enclave. Cabinda:

“ Cabinda ” [-5.55000, 12.18333] ( Tilbury

2010:703, 705).

Taxonomic and distributional notes:

This species is the type species of the genus

Trioceros Swainson 1831 , which Tilbury and

Tolley (2009) and subsequent authors have treted as a distinct genus. MAP 244. Distribution of Trioceros oweni in Angola.