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Bradypodion melanocephalum

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 melanocephalum

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Distribution:

  E. Cape Province, E-Natal (RSA), S. Mozambique

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Common Name Black-Headed Dwarf Chameleon
Name Translation
Synonyms Chamaeleo pumilus melanocephalus
Discovered Gray, 1864
Size small 10 cm or 5 inches
Sexual Dimorphism
Parity ovoviviparous 
Description These have small cranial casque, gular and dorsal crests, and the tail is slightly longer than the head and body length. its colors are green-brown with two to three darker blotches.
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