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Bradypodion oxyrhinum

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 oxyrhinum

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Distribution:

 Uluguru Mtns., Uzungwe Mtns., Tanzania

  

Common Name Sharp-Nosed Chameleon
Name Translation Sharp-Nosed
Synonyms none
Discovered Klaver & Bohme, 1988
Size small 16 cm or 6.5 inches
Sexual Dimorphism Females are smaller, have lower casques, no rostral horn, and duller colors.
Parity oviparous
Description These have a low dorsally pointed casque with no occipital lobes. The canthi rostrales on males point forward to create a "false horn". Squamation is mostly homogeneous. Colors include white, gray, brown and ochre. The dorsal portion of the males horn is blue. 
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