Bradypodion caffrum
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Bradypodion caffrum

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 caffrum

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Distribution:

E. Cape Province (RSA)

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Common Name Boettger's Dwarf Chameleon
Name Translation none
Synonym Chamaeleo pumilus caffer
Discovered Boettger, 1889
Size small  12 cm or 5 inches
Sexual Dimorphism unknown
Parity ovoviviparous 
Description Has larger scales in lateral rows along its flanks, smaller overlapping gular lobes. The dorsal crest consists of large compressed tubercles down through the tail in males. There is also an irregular stripe running laterally on the body. Colors displayed are brown, olive, yellowish white.  
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)

 

 
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