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Bradypodion ventrale
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 ventrale
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| Distribution:
E. Cape Province (RSA) |
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| Name Translation | |
| Synonyms | Chamaeleo pumilus ventralis |
| Discovered | Gray, 1845 |
| Size | small 20 cm or 8 inches |
| Sexual Dimorphism | |
| Parity | ovoviviparous |
| Description | Has large overlapping scaled gular lobes, and lateral rows of larger scales on flanks. Normal colors are brown and gray, and when excited males turn blue-black with rust colored stripes. They have a narrow and pointed casque. |
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)
