Trioceros bitaeniatus
Silhouette: T. Michael Keesey (from a photograph by Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend & Miguel Vences) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The side-striped chameleon or the two-lined chameleon (Trioceros bitaeniatus) is a chameleon native to Ethiopia, southern Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Kenya, the side-striped chameleon 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 4000 m. It lives between 1 and 2 m (3.3 and 6.6 ft) above the ground in the giant heathers that grow here. They are strictly diurnal and shelter at night between dense bushes. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nairobi National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Side-striped Chameleon sighting in Nairobi National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 13 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April, July, September and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Side-striped Chameleon in Nairobi National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May–June, August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Side-striped Chameleon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Nairobi National Park, in our data
Nairobi National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Side-striped Chameleon sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Trioceros
The closest relatives of the Side-striped Chameleon that you can see in Nairobi National Park (genus Trioceros, Equatorial Chameleons) are Jackson's Chameleon (about 50%) and Helmeted Chameleon (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Side-striped Chameleon is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Nairobi National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
