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Bradypodion damaranum
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 damaranum
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| Distribution:
S. Cape Province (RSA) |
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| Common Name | Knysna Dwarf Chameleon |
| Name Translation | of Damaraland |
| Synonyms | Chamaeleo damaranus |
| Discovered | Boulenger, 1887 |
| Size | small 16 -18 cm or 6.5 - 7 inches |
| Sexual Dimorphism | Males are smaller with higher casques, display more color than females, and have Hemipenal bulge at the base of the tail. |
| Parity | ovoviviparous |
| Description | This very colorful cham displays colors from yellow, gray, brown, black, green, blue, red, orange, pink, violet, and white. The body scalation is heterogeneous and the limbs, abdomen, and tail have enlarged lentil or double convex shaped scales. The head sports a high round casque with no occipital lobes. the gular crest consists of small flaps covered with tiny scales. |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
