Bradypodion damaranum

Bradypodion damaranum

Bradypodion damaranum — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Bradypodion
Species: Bradypodion damaranum

Name

Bradypodion damaranum (Boulenger, 1887)

Type locality: Designata (fide Fitzsimons 1943: 166): Knysna, Cape Province.

Holotype: (Syntypes): BMNH 1946.9.4.78—79 (2 specimens).

Synonyms

• Chamaeleon damaranus Boulenger 1887
• Chamaeleo pumilus damaranus — Hillenius 1959: 63.
• Bradypodion pumilum damaranum — Klaver & Böhme 1997

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp.
• Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards – Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955].
• Nečas, P. 1999. Chameleons – Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp. ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe). ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada). Reference page. 
• Bradypodion damaranum at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 March 2008.

Vernacular names

čeština: Chameleon nádherný
English: Knysna dwarf chameleon