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Bradypodion  Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 715054

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Dwarf Chameleons [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyChamaeleonidae  – Chameleons  
                                  SubfamilyChamaeleoninae   
                                     GenusBradypodion Fitzinger, 1843 – Dwarf Chameleons  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Bradypodion atromontanum Branch, Tolley and Tilbury, 2006  
                                        Species Bradypodion caeruleogula Raw and Brothers, 2008 – Dhlinza Dwarf Chameleon, Eshowe Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion caffer (Boettger, 1889) – Transkei Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion damaranum (Boulenger, 1887) – Knysna Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion dracomontanum Raw, 1976 – Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion gutturale (A. Smith, 1849) – Robertson's Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion kentanicum (Hewitt, 1935) – Kentani Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion melanocephalum (Gray, 1865) – Black-headed Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion nemorale Raw, 1978 – Zululand Dwarf Chameleon, Qudeni Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion ngomeense Tilbury and Tolley, 2009 – Ngome Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion occidentale (Hewitt, 1935)  
                                        Species Bradypodion pumilum (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) – Cape Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion setaroi Raw, 1976 – Setaro's Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion taeniabronchum (A. Smith, 1831) – Smith's Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion thamnobates Raw, 1976 – Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion transvaalense (FitzSimons, 1930) – Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon 
                                        Species Bradypodion ventrale (Gray, 1845) – Southern Dwarf Chameleon 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Bradypodion    
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Klaver, Charles J. J., and Wolfgang Böhme / Wermuth, Heinz, and Maximilian Fischer, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chamaeleonidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Animal Kingdom: A Compilation and Characterization of the Recent Animal Groups, part 112   
  Page(s): xvi + 85   
  Publisher: Walter de Gruyter   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 3-11-015187-1   
  Notes: German title: Das Tierreich - Eine Zusammenstellung und Keizeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Teilband 112   
  Reference for: Bradypodion   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tilbury, Colin R., Krystal A. Tolley, and William R. Branch  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title: A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 1363   
  Page(s): 23-38   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Bradypodion   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tolley, Krystal A., Colin R. Tilbury, William R. Branch, and Conrad A. Matthee  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 30, no. 2   
  Page(s): 354-365   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
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  Reference for: Bradypodion, Dwarf Chameleons [English]   
       

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