Trioceros goetzei, also known commonly as Goetze's chameleon, Goetze's whistling chameleon, and the Ilolo chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to eastern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.
Etymology The specific name, goetzei, is in honor of German botanist Walther Goetze.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Chamaeleo goetzei, p. 103).
Geographic range T. goetzei is found in Malawi and Tanzania. www.reptile-database.org.
Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Trioceros goetzei goetzi Trioceros goetzei nyikae
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Trioceros.
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