Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum

Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum (subspecies)

KINGDOM: 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")

Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum

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Distribution: Western Usambara Mtns., Tanzania
Common Name	Fischer's, Usambara Two-Horned
Name Translation	of fischer, having many tubercules
Synonyms	Chamaeleo fischeri multituberculatus
Discovered	Nieden, 1913
Size	medium 30 - 40 cm or 12-16 inches
Sexual Dimorphism	Males are larger, and have a swollen tail base (Hemipenal bulge). Female's horns are smaller or not present at all, and the females dorsal crest does not usually extend past the first third of the body.
Parity	oviparous
Description	The head has a flat casque with no occipital lobes, canthus rostralis projects on both sides to a flat horn covered by enlarged heterogeneous scales. These horns are normally parallel. There is no gular crest. Body scalation is mostly homogeneous with enlarged scales on the throat and limbs. The dorsal crest extends through the tail and is covered with high conical scales, which are tallest toward the head. Colors displayed consist of green, turquoise, black, gray, brown, white, yellow, and orange.
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