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Bradypodion xenorhinum

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 xenorhinum

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Distribution:

Ruwenzori Mtns., W. Uganda, E. Zaire

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Common Name  
Name Translation
Synonyms Chamaeleo xenorhinus 
Discovered Boulenger, 1901
Size small  28  cm or 11 inches
Sexual Dimorphism The male xenorhinum possesses a bifurcated, spatulate rostral appendix, while the female shows a small nub. Males of this species are uniform olive in color and females are brown.
Parity oviparous
Description They sport a huge casque peaked by a curved parietal crest and well developed lateral crest. Scalation is heterogeneous.
Photos courtesy of Susan James

 

literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)

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