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Bradypodion dracomontanum  Raw, 1976
Taxonomic Serial No.: 715101

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                        SpeciesBradypodion dracomontanum Raw, 1976 – Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid   
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Bradypodion dracomontanum    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Bradypodion dracomontanum, Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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 dracomontanum   
       
  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 dracomontanum   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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