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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trioceros
- Image
- Female Jackson's Chameleon - Big Island Hawaii June 12 2025.jpg
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- taxon name
- Trioceros jacksonii
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- Kikuyu Three-Horned Chameleon
- Commons category
- Trioceros jacksonii
- Commons gallery
- Trioceros jacksonii
- invasive to
- Hawaii
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Encyclopedic overview
Jackson's chameleon (Trioceros jacksonii), also known commonly as Jackson's horned chameleon, the three-horned chameleon, and the Kikuyu three-horned chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to East Africa, and introduced to Hawaii, Florida, and California. There are three recognized subspecies.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jackson's Chameleon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.