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Bradypodion gutterale
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 gutterale
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| Distribution:
W. Cape Province (RSA) |
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| Common Name | Robertson's Dwarf Chameleon |
| Name Translation | |
| Synonyms | Chamaeleo pumilis gutturalis |
| Discovered | Smith, 1849 |
| Size | small 15 cm or 6 inches |
| Sexual Dimorphism | |
| Parity | ovoviviparous |
| Description | This species has cranial and dorsal crests with large gular lobes and scattered large lenticular tubercles in two irregular lateral rows. Colors displayed are blue gray with rust and light orange. |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
