Two-lined chameleon
Trioceros bitaeniatus (Fischer, 1884)
Status not recordedlizards
The two-lined chameleon (Trioceros bitaeniatus) is a species in the family Chamaeleonidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 15.7 g and reach 8.8 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the two-lined chameleon
- Weight
- 15.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 8.48 cm – 8.8 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3 – 25src for Young per litter or clutch
- 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
- Not recorded
How big is the two-lined chameleon?
Where does the two-lined chameleon live?
Not recorded
Is the two-lined chameleon 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 two-lined chameleon classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyChamaeleonidae
- genusTrioceros
- SpeciesTrioceros bitaeniatus (Fischer, 1884)
Synonyms Chamaeleo bitaeniatus
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Side-striped chameleonEnglish
- Side-striped chmeleonEnglish
- Two-striped chameleonEnglish
- chameleon dvoupruhýCzech
- SteifenchamäleonGerman
- SeitenstreifenchamäleonGerman
- ZweistreifenchamäleonGerman
- Двухполосый хамелеонRussian
Relatives of the two-lined chameleon
Other species in the same genus Trioceros.
Triceratops lizard
Trioceros jacksonii
Crested chameleon
Trioceros cristatus
Meller's chameleon
Trioceros melleri
Elliot's chameleon
Trioceros ellioti
Coarse chameleon
Trioceros rudis
Johnston's chameleon
Trioceros johnstoni
CompareTwo-lined chameleon vs Triceratops lizardTwo-lined chameleon vs Crested chameleonTwo-lined chameleon vs Meller's chameleonTwo-lined chameleon vs Elliot's chameleon
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the two-lined chameleon?
An adult two-lined chameleon weighs 15.7 g and measures 8.48 cm – 8.8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the two-lined chameleon?
The two-lined chameleon (Trioceros bitaeniatus) 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 - 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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