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Bradypodion adolfifridericiKINGDOM: Animalia (animals) PHYLUM: Cordata (chordates) CLASS: Reptilia (reptiles) ORDER: Squamata (scaled reptiles) FAMILIES: snakes, warm lizards, lizards LIZARD SUBFAMILY: Sauria SAURIA INFRAORDER: Anguimorpha (angid); Gekkota (gecko); Iguania (iguana); Scincomorpha (skink) IGUANIA DIVISIONS: Agamids; Iguanids; Chameleonids CHAMAELEONIDAE FAMILY: Subfamily Chamaeleoninae (True Chameleons) Genus Bradypodion ("slow-footed")
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Distribution:
Rwanda, Uganda, E. Zaire |
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Common Name | none |
Name Translation | of Adolf Friderick |
Synonyms | Chamaeleo adolfifrederici |
Discovered | Sternfeld, 1912 |
Size | small 20 cm or 8 inches |
Sexual Dimorphism | unknown |
Parity | oviparous |
Description | Has a short snout and weakly elevated casque. Displays isolated conical tubercles on the parietal and lateral crests. Colors are limited to faint green when triumphant in battle, dark when angry, and forest green with black spots in a normal state. |
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