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Bradypodion carpenteriKINGDOM: 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:
Ruwenzori Mtns., W. Uganda, E. Zaire |
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| Common Name | none |
| Name Translation | of carpenter |
| Synonyms | Chamaeleo carpenteri |
| Discovered | Parker, 1929 |
| Size | small 30 cm or 12 inches |
| Sexual Dimorphism | The canthi rostrales become pointed bifurcated appendices on males. |
| Parity | oviparous |
| Description | These have giant casques and curved parietal crests. The canthi rostrales become pointed bifurcated appendices on males. This species has heterogeneous squamation |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
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