Smith's dwarf chameleon
| Smith's dwarf chameleon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Bradypodion |
| Species: | B. taeniabronchum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bradypodion taeniabronchum Smith, 1831 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bradypodion pumilum ssp. taeniabronchum (Smith, 1831) | |
Smith's dwarf chameleon or the Elandsberg dwarf chameleon, Bradypodion taeniabronchum, is an endangered species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae endemic to South Africa. It is one of the few chameleons that uses its color-changing ability to actively camouflage itself.[1]
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Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Bradypodion taeniabronchum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- Specific
- ↑ Stuart-Fox, Devi; Moussalli, Adnan; Whiting, Martin J. (23 August 2008). "Predator-specific camouflage in chameleons". Biology Letters. 4 (4). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0173. PMC 2610148.
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