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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

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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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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)

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