Bradypodion thamnobates
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Bradypodion thamnobates

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 thamnobates

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Distribution:

Natal (RSA) Natal Midlands from Mooi River to Bulwer and Dargle (RSA)

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Common Name Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon
Name Translation shrub crawler
Synonyms Chamaeleo thamnobates
Discovered Raw, 1976
Size small up to19  cm or 7.6 inches
Sexual Dimorphism Males have a short orange stripe around the middle of the body, and red spotted eyelids. Females are mostly brown and have more homogeneous scalation and  smaller casques. Males also feature hemipenal bulging.
Parity ovoviviparous
Description This chameleon has a high casque with no occipital lobes. Its gular crest consists of small hanging skin flaps covered with granular scales. They have heterogeneous squamation, and there are large lenticular scales scattered on the limbs, flank, tail, and abdomen. Colors expressed are yellow, gray, brown, black, and green. A dark stripe runs from the mouth to the tail. Head crests are yellow, and the interstitial skin on the throat is white. 
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)

 

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