You are here » home › advanced search › Bradypodion occidentale

Bradypodion occidentale (HEWITT, 1935)

iNaturalist logo

Can you confirm these amateur observations of Bradypodion occidentale?

Add your own observation of
Bradypodion occidentale »

Find more photos by Google images search: Google images

Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Dwarf Chameleon
G: Wüstenzwergchamäleon, Namaqua-Zwergchamäleon 
SynonymLophosaura ventralis occidentalis HEWITT 1935: 297
Lophosaura ventralis — BROCK 1941
Bradypodion pumilum occidentale — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Bradypodion occidentale — NECAS 1999: 275
Bradypodion occidentale — TILBURY 2010: 290 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Little Namaqualand, W Great Namaqualand), SW Namibia

Type locality: Namaqualand, Cape Province, S. Africa  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAM 933. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2240 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004). 
EtymologyNamed after L :. occidens (occidentis > occident) place of the setting sun, west; -alis/is/e adjectival suffix: western, denoting the western distribution in South Africa and Namibia as compared with other Bradipodion species (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023). 
References
  • ANDERSON, C. V. & TOLLEY, K. A. 2013. Bradypodion occidentale (Hewitt, 1935) Reproduction /Colour. African Herp News (59): 40-42 - get paper here
  • Bates, M.F.; Branch, W.R., Bauer, A.M.; Burger, M., Marais, J.; Alexander, G.J. & de Villliers, M.S. (eds.) 2014. Atlas and Red List of the Reptiles of South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Suricata 1. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, 512 pp.
  • 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
  • Brock, G.T. 1941. The skull of the chameleon Lophosaura ventralis (Gray): some developmental stages. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 110: 69–137.
  • Dobiey, M. 2005. Bradypodion occidentale HEWITT 1935 - Namaqua-Zwergchamäleon. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (56): 51-54 - get paper here
  • Dobiey, M. 2006. Bradypodion occidentale. Reptilia (GB) (45): 43-46 - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Herrmann, H.-W.; W.R. Branch 2013. Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist. Journal of Arid Environments 93: 94–115 - get paper here
  • Hewitt, J. 1935. Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. 4: 283-357
  • Klaver, Ch. J.J. & Böhme,W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: XIV, 1-85
  • Nečas, Petr 1999. Chameleons - Nature's Hidden Jewels. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt; 348 pp.; ISBN 3-930612-04-6 (Europe)<br>ISBN 1-57524-137-4 (USA, Canada)
  • Schmidt, W. & Breuer, A. 1998. Bemerkungen zur Haltung von Südafrikanischen Zwergchamäleons. CHAMAELEO 20: 10-16 [AG Chamäleons Mitteilungsblatt]
  • Schmidt, W.; Tamm, K. & Wallikewitz, E. 2010. Chamäleons - Drachen unserer Zeit. Natur und Tier Verlag, 328 pp. [review in Reptilia 101: 64, 2013] - get paper here
  • Stuart-Fox, D. & Moussalli, A. 2007. Sex-specific ecomorphological variation and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion spp.). J. evol. Biol. 20: 1073-1081 - get paper here
  • Stuart-Fox, D.; Moussalli, A. & Whiting, M.J. 2007. Natural Selection on Social Signals: Signal Efficacy and the Evolution of Chameleon Display Coloration. American Naturalist 170 (6): 916-930 - get paper here
  • Tilbury, C. 2010. Chameleons of Africa: An Atlas, Including the Chameleons of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt M., 831 pp.
  • Tolley, K. & Burger, M. 2007. Chameleons of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town,100 pp.
  • Tolley, Krystal A.; Colin R. Tilbury, William R. Branch and Conrad A. Matthee 2004. Phylogenetics of the southern African dwarf chameleons, Bradypodion (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30 (2): 354-365 - get paper here
 
External links  
Is it interesting? Share with others:


Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator