Triceratops lizard
Trioceros jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)
Status not recordedlizards
The triceratops lizard (Trioceros jacksonii) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 32.6 g, reach 10.7 cm in length and live up to 8.2 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Kenya.
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Quick facts about the triceratops lizard
- Weight
- 32.6 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 10.7 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 8.2 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 9 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5 – 57src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 6 months – 22 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1 – 2src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
How big is the triceratops lizard?
Where does the triceratops lizard live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The triceratops lizard is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the triceratops lizard as introduced in 2 countries.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the triceratops lizard endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the triceratops lizard classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusTrioceros
- SpeciesTrioceros jacksonii (Boulenger, 1896)
Synonyms Chamaeleo jacksonii, Chamaeleo jacksonii merumontana, Chamaeleo jacksonii xantholophus, Chamaeleon jacksonii, Chamaeleon jacksonii var. vauerescecae
Other names and names in other languages (24)
- Jackson's chameleonEnglish
- Jackson's three-horned chameleonEnglish
- Jackson’s chameleonEnglish
- Jackson’s three-horned chameleonEnglish
- Kikuyu three-horned chameleonEnglish
- Three-horned chameleonEnglish
- camaleón de jacksonAsturian
- chameleon třírohýCzech
- DreihornchamäleonGerman
- Dreihorn-ChamäleonGerman
- Jacksons ChamäleonGerman
- Trioceros de JacksonSpanish
- Caméléon de JacksonFrench
- Camaleonte di JacksonItalian
- ジャクソンカメレオンJapanese
- JacksonkameleonNorwegian Bokmål
- kameleon JacksonaPolish
- Camaleão-de-JacksonPortuguese
- Хамелеон ДжексонаRussian
- Трёхрогий хамелеонRussian
- KinyongaSwahili
- กิ้งก่าคาเมเลียนแจ็กสันThai
- กิ้งก่าคาเมเลี่ยนแจ็คสันThai
- 傑克遜三角避役Chinese
Relatives of the triceratops lizard
Other species in the same genus Trioceros.
Crested chameleon
Trioceros cristatus
Meller's chameleon
Trioceros melleri
Elliot's chameleon
Trioceros ellioti
Two-lined chameleon
Trioceros bitaeniatus
Coarse chameleon
Trioceros rudis
Johnston's chameleon
Trioceros johnstoni
CompareTriceratops lizard vs Crested chameleonTriceratops lizard vs Meller's chameleonTriceratops lizard vs Elliot's chameleonTriceratops lizard vs Two-lined chameleon
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the triceratops lizard?
An adult triceratops lizard weighs 32.6 g and measures 10.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the triceratops lizard live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the triceratops lizard for 1 country: Kenya. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
How long does the triceratops lizard live?
The triceratops lizard has a recorded lifespan of 8.2 years.
Is the triceratops lizard an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the triceratops lizard as introduced in 2 countries: South Africa and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the triceratops lizard?
The triceratops lizard (Trioceros jacksonii) belongs to the family Chamaeleonidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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