Trioceros jacksonii
Jackson's chameleon
A cool, humid, tall cage. Hot rooms kill more of these than cold nights do.
Legal status
- CITES II
Trioceros jacksonii is recorded as CITES Appendix II under Chamaeleonidae spp. in Appendix II. No EU annex letter was verified for this exact species in this record, so the annex field is empty. Confirm Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/966 before you import, sell, or rely on an annex. Not marked as an EU invasive alien species. Not marked venomous. Not named in 50 CFR 16.15. Live-bearing in the populations usually kept. Do not invent an egg incubation for this sheet. Check local rules before you keep, move, or rehome an animal. This record is not a permit and not legal advice.
Official sourceNot legal advice. Rules differ by country, and sometimes by region. Check the law that applies to you.
- Temperature
- 16–26°C
- Basking
- 26–28°C
- UVB
- Ferguson zone 3. About 1.0–2.0. Do not cook this species with a desert lamp.
- Humidity
- 60–80%
- Minimum enclosure
- About 45 × 45 × 90 cm for one adult
- Adult size
- About 20–35 cm.
- Lifespan
- Often 5–10 years.
- Difficulty
- advanced
Diet and feeding
Insects, dusted. Several times a week for adults. Juveniles more often.
Substrate
Bare or planted. Ventilation matters.
Health
Heat stress and respiratory infection.
Handling
Minimal. Most populations give birth to live young, so incubation days are empty.
Husbandry ranges are general guidance for captive care, not a veterinary prescription or a permit. Confirm the gradient with your own thermometers. UV zones follow Baines et al., Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 4(1), 2016, https://www.jzar.org/jzar/article/view/150. Legal fields use the source link on this species and stay empty when an annex was not verified.