Bradypodion tavetanum
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Bradypodion tavetanum

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 tavetanum

UNDERLINED TEXT IS LINKED TO A DEFINITION 

IF THE TERM IN THE DEFINITION IS UNDERLINED IT IS LINKED TO AN ILLUSTRATION

Distribution:

Teita Hills (Kenya), Mt. Meru (Arusha Range), Mt. Kilimanjaro,Tanzania 

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Common Name  
Name Translation of taveta
Synonyms Chamaeleo fischeri tavetanus
Discovered Steindachner, 1891
Size small 20 - 30 cm or 8 -12 inches
Sexual Dimorphism
Parity oviparous
Description
Photos

courtesy  of Carl Cattau ,Jr.

            male                     female          

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

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