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Bradypodion tenue
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 tenue
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| Distribution:
Usambara Mtns. (Tanzania), Shimba Hills (Kenya) |
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| Common Name | |
| Name Translation | thin |
| Synonyms | Chamaeleo tenuis |
| Discovered | Matschie, 1892 |
| Size | small 15 cm or 6 inches |
| Sexual Dimorphism | |
| Parity | oviparous |
| Description | Small chameleon with a flat rostral appendix |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
