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Bradypodion tenueKINGDOM: 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:
Usambara Mtns. (Tanzania), Shimba Hills (Kenya) |
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Common Name | |
Name Translation | thin |
Synonyms | Chamaeleo tenuis |
Discovered | Matschie, 1892 |
Size | small 15 cm or 6 inches |
Sexual Dimorphism | |
Parity | oviparous |
Description | Small chameleon with a flat rostral appendix |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
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