Chamaeleo bitaeniatus

Taxobox
name = Side-Striped Chamaeleon
status = LR


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Chamaeleonidae
genus = "Chamaeleo"
species = "C. bitaeniatus"
binomial = "Chamaeleo bitaeniatus"
binomial_authority = Fischer, 1884

The Side-striped chamaeleon ("Chamaeleo bitaeniatus"), also known as the Two-lined chamaeleon is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and adjacent parts of DR Congo.

In Kenya, the Side-striped chamaeleon lives on Mount Kenya, Kilimanjaro, and in the Aberdare Range. They live in the "Hagenia" and "Hypericum" scrub in the timberline forest between 3000 and 4000m. It lives between 1 and 2 metres (3-6 feet) above the ground in the giant heathers that grow here. They are strictly diurnal and shelter at night between dense bushes. [cite journal
last = Andren
first = Claes
year = 1975
month = 06
title = The Reptile Fauna in the Lower Alpine Zone of Aberdare and Mount Kenya
journal = British Journal of Herpetology
volume =
issue =
pages = 566–573 ]

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