Smith's dwarf chameleon
Appearance
Smith's dwarf chameleon roAR | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Bradypodion |
Species: | B. taeniabronchum
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Binomial name | |
Bradypodion taeniabronchum Smith, 1831
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Synonyms | |
Bradypodion pumilum ssp. taeniabronchum (Smith, 1831) |
Smith's dwarf chameleon or the Elandsberg dwarf chameleon, (Bradypodion taeniabronchum), is a 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.[2]
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References
- ^ Tolley, K. 2018. Bradypodion taeniabronchum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T3023A115649925. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3023A115649925.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2018.
- ^ Stuart-Fox, Devi; Moussalli, Adnan; Whiting, Martin J. (23 August 2008). "Predator-specific camouflage in chameleons". Biology Letters. 4 (4): 326–329. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0173. PMC 2610148. PMID 18492645.
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