| Owen's chameleon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Trioceros |
| Species: | T. oweni
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| Binomial name | |
| Trioceros oweni (Gray, 1831)
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| A map illustrating the range of Owen's chameleon | |
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Owen's chameleon (Trioceros oweni), also commonly known as Owen's three-horned chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is native to forests in central Africa. Named after British naval officer and explorer William Fitzwilliam Owen,[3] it was first described in 1831 by the naturalist John Edward Gray, and is the type species of the genus Trioceros.[2]
- ^ Anderson, C.V.; Gonwouo, N.L. (2015). "Trioceros oweni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T172579A1346167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T172579A1346167.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Species Trioceros oweni at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chamaeleo oweni, p. 198).