Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon (Trioceros pfefferi), recorded as Endangered
Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon (Trioceros pfefferi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon

Trioceros pfefferi

Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon, Pfeffer's chameleon or the Bakossi two-horned chameleon, is a chameleon endemic to Cameroon.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Trioceros pfefferi
Recorded from
Cameroon
Taxonomy
Squamata · Chamaeleonidae · Trioceros

The chameleon

It was first described by Gustav Tornier in 1900.

Chameleons hunt by sight and a projectile tongue. Body size in this family runs from leaf-cryptic dwarfs to larger canopy animals.

Range and habitat

Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon, Pfeffer's chameleon or the Bakossi two-horned chameleon, is a chameleon endemic to Cameroon.

GBIF currently lists 70 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Habits

A chameleon rocks, aims, and shoots the tongue. Many dwarf species live in low vegetation or leaf litter, not only in high canopy.

In crisis

Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3539440 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon?
Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon is a snake. Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon, Pfeffer's chameleon or the Bakossi two-horned chameleon, is a chameleon endemic to Cameroon.
What is the conservation status of Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Trioceros pfefferi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon live?
Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon, Pfeffer's chameleon or the Bakossi two-horned chameleon, is a chameleon endemic to Cameroon.
Why is Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Trioceros pfefferi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pfeffer’s Two-horned Chameleon a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.