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Bradypodion taeniabronchumKINGDOM: 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:
Algoa Bay, Cape Province (RSA) |
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Common Name | Smith's Dwarf Chameleon |
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Synonyms | Chamaeleo pumilus taeniobronchus |
Discovered | Smith, 1831 |
Size | small 20 cm or 8 inches |
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Parity | ovoviviparous |
Description | The dorsal and gular crests consist of small tubercular cones. The interstitial skin of the throat is black. Colors are dirty to pale green, with some specimens being rust colored |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
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