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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


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Iguania – iguanes, Iguanas
	Family	Chamaeleonidae – Chameleons
	Subfamily	Chamaeleoninae
	Genus	Bradypodion 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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	Publication(s):
	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Bradypodion, Dwarf Chameleons [English]

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