Bradypodion ventrale (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon, belly-shielded chameleon
Synonym	Chamaeleo ventralis GRAY 1845: 268 Lophosaura ventralis var. karrooica METHUEN & HEWITT 1915 Lophosaura melanocephala kentamica HEWITT 1935 Bradypodion ventrale karrooicum — BRANCH 1998 Bradypodion pumilum karrooicum — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 Bradypodion pumilum ventrale — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997 Bradypodion karrooicum — NECAS 1999: 194 Bradypodion ventrale — NECAS 1999: 276 Bradypodion ventrale — BRANCH et al. 2006 Bradypodion karrooicum — SCHMIDT et al. 2010 Bradypodion ventrale — TILBURY 2010: 330 Bradypodion ventrale — CAMPBELL & DENZER 2020
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (E Cape Province) Type locality: S. Africa not recognized anymore: karrooicum from the Republic of South Africa (S Cape Province); Type locality: Beaufort West, Cape Province
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.22.7-10 (4 specimens), probably all females fide Campbell & Denzer 2020. Holotype: PEM R8924 (formerly AMG 1789), Paratype: PEM R8926 (formerly AMG 1851) [karrooica]
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Comment	Distribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004). Bradypodion karrooicum “is nested within V. ventrale and thus best treated as a synonym” (fide BRANCH et al. 2006).
Etymology	Named after Latin venter (ventris > vent), belly or underside; -alis/is/e, adjectival suffix: denoting the scalation of the belly or more precisely the series of large flat circular scales on the belly (Charles Klaver, pers. comm., 11 Jan 2023).
References	Barends, J. M., Petford, M. A., & Tolley, K. A. 2024. Comparing perch availability and perch use between African dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion) ectomorphs. Current Zoology, zoae076 Bates, M. F. 1988. Life History Note: Bradypodion ventrale ventrale: Reproduction. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (34): 47-47 - 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, W. R. 1988. Life History Note: Bradypodion ventrale ventrale: Growth and Predation. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (34): 47-47 - get paper here Branch, W. R. 1998. Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. 3rd ed. Fully Revised and Updated to Include 83 New Species. Ralph Curtis Books (Sanibel Island, Florida), 399 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 Branch, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S. 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 Carne, Liza; Measey, G. John 2013. Chameleons on the cruise: seasonal differences in prey choice of two dwarf chameleons. The Herpetological Journal 23 (4): 221-227 - get paper here CONRADIE, WERNER; WILLIAM R. BRANCH, & GILLIAN WATSON 2019. Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata). Zootaxa 4576 (1): 001–045 - get paper here Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Hewitt, J. 1935. Some new forms of batrachians and reptiles from South Africa. Rec. Albany Mus. 4: 283-357 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) 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 Taft, J. M., Tolley, K. A., Alexander, G. J., & Geneva, A. J. 2023. De Novo-Whole Genome Assemblies for Two Southern African Dwarf Chameleons (Bradypodion, Chamaeleonidae). Genome Biology and Evolution, evad182 - 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
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