Introduction to Jackson's Chameleon

ʻO kā Jackson's Chameleon, ʻike ʻia ʻo Trioceros jacksonii i ka ʻepekema, he ʻano mea kolo hoihoi no ka ʻohana Chamaeleonidae. ʻO kēia chameleon kūʻokoʻa he kamaʻāina ia ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻApelika Hikina, ʻo Kenya a me Tanzania. Mahalo nui ʻia ʻo Jackson's Chameleon no kona hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻōhua nui e like me nā pepeiaohao ma kona poʻo, nā waihoʻoluʻu ʻoniʻoni, a me ka hiki ke hoʻoneʻe kūʻokoʻa i kona mau maka.

ʻO ka ʻauhau a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o Jackson's Chameleon

ʻO ka ʻauhau a me ka helu ʻana o Jackson's Chameleon penei:

• Aupuni: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Papa: Reptilia
• Kauoha: Squamata
• ʻOhana: Chamaeleonidae
• ʻAno: Trioceros
• ʻAno: jacksonii

ʻAno a me nā ʻano o ka Chameleon a Jackson

No ka genus Trioceros ka Chameleon o Jackson, aia kekahi mau ʻano chameleon ʻē aʻe i loaʻa ma ʻApelika. ʻO ka inoa kikoʻī o kēia chameleon ʻo jacksonii, i loaʻa mai ka inoa o ka herpetologist Pelekane kaulana, ʻo Frederick John Jackson.

ʻIke a me ka inoa ʻana o Jackson's Chameleon

Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo Jackson's Chameleon e Frederick John Jackson i kāna huakaʻi i ʻApelika Hikina i ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19. Ua hālāwai ʻo ia me kēia mea kolo kū hoʻokahi ma nā ululāʻau o ka mauna ʻo Kenya a me ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro. Mahalo i kāna mau hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Jackson e kapa i ka chameleon ma hope ona a wehewehe ʻia ʻo ia he ʻano hou i ka makahiki 1896.

Ka inoa maʻamau a ʻepekema o Jackson's Chameleon

ʻO ka inoa maʻamau, ʻo Jackson's Chameleon, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia e pili iā Trioceros jacksonii. Hoʻohanohano kēia inoa i ka mea nāna i ʻike iā Frederick John Jackson. ʻO ka inoa ʻepekema, ʻo Trioceros jacksonii, ua loaʻa mai ka genus Trioceros, e pili ana i nā chameleons ʻekolu-horned, a ʻo ka inoa ʻano ʻano jacksonii e hoʻohanohano i ka mea ʻike.

Ka wehewehe ʻana i nā ʻano o Jackson's Chameleon

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Jackson's Chameleon no kona ʻano kino kū hoʻokahi. Loaʻa iā ia nā puka nui e like me nā pepeiaohao ma kona poʻo, i ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi o nā kāne. He ʻano paʻakikī kona kino, ʻo ke ana ʻana ma kahi o 15 a 20 kenimika ka lōʻihi. Hōʻike kēia chameleon i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i kona kala ʻili, e hoʻololi i kona mau wahi a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hue ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻeleʻele, a melemele.

Mahele Geographic o Jackson's Chameleon

ʻO Jackson's Chameleon kahi endemic i East Africa, i loaʻa ma Kenya a me Tanzania. I loko o kēia mau ʻāina, noho ʻo ia i nā ululāʻau mauna a me nā wahi e pili ana, makemake nui i nā kiʻekiʻe mai 1,500 a 2,400 mika. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua hoʻolauna ʻia ka heluna kanaka o kēia chameleon i nā wahi ʻē aʻe, e like me Hawaii a me Kaleponi.

Noho a me ka Ecology o Jackson's Chameleon

Noho nui ʻo Jackson's Chameleon i nā ululāʻau mauna, kahi e loaʻa ai ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mahana a me ka haʻahaʻa kūpono. He ʻano arboreal ia, e hoʻolilo ana i ka hapa nui o kona manawa ma nā kumulāʻau a me nā kumu lāʻau. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia kēia chameleon i kona kaiapuni, mahalo i kona huelo prehensile, nā wāwae kūikawā, a me nā maka ʻōwili kūʻokoʻa, e ʻae ai i kahi ākea ākea. ʻAi nui ia i nā ʻōpala a me nā vertebrates liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ke kino o Jackson's Chameleon

Loaʻa iā Jackson's Chameleon kahi hiʻohiʻona kino kūʻokoʻa a nani hoʻi. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia kona kino e ka ihu pōkole, kahi hana paʻa, a me kahi huelo prehensile e kōkua i ka piʻi ʻana. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa ʻo ia ka hele ʻana o nā ʻōhua nui e like me ka pepeiaohao ma kona poʻo. ʻEkolu mau pepeiaohao maʻamau i nā kāne, ʻoiai he mau pepeiaohao liʻiliʻi ko ka wahine. He ʻokoʻa ka waihoʻoluʻu o kona ʻili, e ʻae iā ia e hoʻokalakupua maikaʻi i kona wahi kūlohelohe.

ʻO ke ʻano o ka Chameleon o Jackson

Ua kaulana ʻo Jackson's Chameleon no kona ʻano mālie a mehameha. Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka manawa ma luna o nā lālā, ʻaʻohe neʻe pinepine e hui pū me kona puni. He ʻike maka maikaʻi kēia chameleon a hiki ke hoʻoneʻe i kēlā me kēia maka me ke kūʻokoʻa, hiki iā ia ke ʻimi pono i nā mea pio a me nā mea ʻaihue. Ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia, hōʻike paha ia i ke ʻano ʻino, e like me ka ʻakaʻaka, ka lunging, a me ka nahu.

ʻO ka hoʻohua hou a me ke ola ʻana o Jackson's Chameleon

He ovoviviparous ka Jackson's Chameleon, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hānau ʻana o nā wahine e ola ʻōpiopio ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i nā hua. Ma hope o ka manawa o ka hāpai ʻana ma kahi o ʻelima a ʻeono mahina, hiki i ka wahine ke hānau i kahi keiki o 10 a 30 mau keiki i ulu piha. He kūʻokoʻa nā kāmela ʻōpio mai ka hānau ʻana mai a pono lākou e hānai iā lākou iho. Hiki iā lākou ke oʻo i ka moekolohe ma kahi o hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau makahiki.

Ke kūlana mālama o Jackson's Chameleon

I kēia manawa, helu ʻia ʻo Jackson's Chameleon ma ke ʻano he "Least Concern" e ka International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Eia nō naʻe, ʻo nā mea hoʻoweliweli kūloko e like me ka luku ʻana i ka noho ʻana a me ke kālepa ʻana i nā holoholona ʻaʻa ʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā ʻano. He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke ola lōʻihi o kēia mea kolo kū hoʻokahi a hoihoi.