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Bradypodion damaranum (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Knysna dwarf chameleon 
SynonymChamaeleon damaranus BOULENGER 1887: 460
Chamaeleon damaranus — WERNER 1911: 24.
Chamaeleo pumilus damaranus — HILLENIUS 1959: 63.
Chamaeleo pumilus damaranus — MERTENS 1966: 23.
Bradypodion damaranum — RAW 1976: 149
Bradypodion pumilum damaranum — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Bradypodion damaranum — NECAS 1999: 186
Bradypodion damaranum — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 270
Bradypodion damaranum — TILBURY 2010: 250
Bradypodion damaranum — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (S Cape Province)

Type locality: Damaraland. Restricted to Knysna, Cape Province by FITZSIMONS 1943: 166 and Campbell & Denzer 2020.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.9.4.78—79, 2 males 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004).

Habitat: wet montane forests. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575 pp. - get paper here
  • Branch, Wiliam R., Krystal A. Tolley and Colin R. Tilbury 2006. A new Dwarf Chameleon (Sauria: Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843) from the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa. African Journal of Herpetology 55 (2):123-141. - get paper here
  • Breuer, A. 1994. Zur Haltung und Nachzucht der Zwerg-Chamäleons Bradypodion damaranum (BOULENGER 1887) und B. pumilum (GMELIN 1789). Sauria 16 (2): 21-26 - get paper here
  • CAMPBELL, PATRICK D; WOLFGANG DENZER 2020. Annotated catalogue of chameleon types in the collection of the Natural History Museum, UK (NHMUK) (Reptilia: Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Zootaxa 4742 (3): 481–500 - get paper here
  • FitzSimons, V.F. 1943. The lizards of South Africa. Transvaal Museum Memoir No.1 (Pretoria), 528 pp.
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • HILDENHAGEN, T. 1997. Meine Erfahrungen über die Terrarienhaltung des Zwergchamäleons Bradypodion damaranum (BOULENGER 1887). Mitteilungsblatt AG Chamäleons 18: 6-7. - get paper here
  • Hillenius, D. 1959. The differentiation within the genus Chamaeleo LAURENTI 1768. Beaufortia, Amsterdam, 8: 1-92.
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