Bradypodion transvaalense
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Bradypodion transvaalense

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 transvaalense

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Distribution:

Natal and Transvaal (RSA)

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Common Name Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon
Name Translation of tranvaal
Synonyms Chamaeleo pumilus transvaalensis
Discovered Fitzsimons, 1930
Size small  20  cm or 8 inches
Sexual Dimorphism Males have a yellow stripe bordered in maroon from the head to the flank
Parity ovoviviparous
Description These have a modest casque and noticeable cranial crest. They possess large gular and dorsal crests.
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17, 18)

 

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