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[ Bradypodion karrooicum ] [ Bradypodion melanocephalum ] [ Bradypodion mlanjense ]
[ Bradypodion nemorale ] [ Bradypodion occidentale ] [ Bradypodion oxyrhinum ] [ Bradypodion pumilum ]
 [ Bradypodion setaroi ] [ Bradypodion spinosum ] [ Bradypodion taeniabronchum ] [ Bradypodion tavetanum ]
[ Bradypodion tenue ] [ Bradypodion thamnobates ] [ Bradypodion transvaalense ]
[ Bradypodion uthmoelleri ] [ Bradypodion ventrale ] [ Bradypodion xenorhinum ]

Bradypodion occidentale

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 occidentale

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Distribution:

 Little Namaqualand, W. Great Namaqualand (RSA), SW Namibia 

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Common Name Namaqua Dwarf Chameleon
Name Translation
Synonyms Chamaeleo pumilus occidentalis
Discovered Hewitt, 1935
Size small  15 cm or 6 inches
Sexual Dimorphism
Parity ovoviviparous
Description This species has lateral rows of larger scales on its flanks and a cranial crest. The casque is not narrowed and the dorsal crest is continuous. It also displays large overlapping scaled gular lobes. Colors shown are gray and brown, and displaying males show blue-black with bright rust stripes. 
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