Yes, not an expert here, but did read on this study a few months ago saying 11 distinct species of panther chameleons instead of one species only separated by locale.
Fill the pot and soil with water. The water will drive the crickets out from their tunnels. Tried and true way to catch crickets in the wild, works the same at home. Used the same method when I had kept some gold dust day geckos in the exoterra terrarium. The uneaten crickets would burry into...
That specimen, while being a male, displays colors somewhat resembles a female Jackson's, it never displayed any coloring of the typical male t. sternfeldi.
I am definitely leaning toward a hybrid of some kind.
Hoehnelii sounds pretty close, but it doesnt have the throat spikes. Its almost as if a sternfeldi crossed with a hoehnelii. Or even a mt. Meru x sternfeldi? Any guess?