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Bradypodion dracomontanum RAW, 1976

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Drakensberg Dwarf Chameleon 
SynonymBradypodion dracomontanum RAW 1976: 157
Bradypodion dracomontanum — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Bradypodion dracomontanum —NECAS 1999: 275
Bradypodion dracomontanum — TILBURY 2010: 255 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Drakensberg Range), Lesotho

Type locality: Cathedral Peak, Natal Drakensberg, S. Africa  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMSA (also as NMP) 1168 (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, Natal) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (n=10): Moderate sized chameleons with finely heterogeneous granular scales. Casque low, recurved, projecting rearwards. Cranial crests moderately developed, distinct; raised tubercles not greatly enlarged or horn-coloured. Gular lobes scaly, small, longer than broad. Slightly enlarged convex tubercles irregularly scattered over sides and also over outer surfaces of limbs. A lateral row of slightly to moderately enlarged tubereles on flanks, often inconspicuous. (Raw 1976)


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CommentDistribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin: draco = dragon; mons (montis > mont) = mountain; -anus/a/um adjectival suffix: after the Drakensberg range, South Africa, its distribution range. 
References
  • 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
  • Clark, Tyron K; Graham J Alexander, Krystal A Tolley 2024. Susceptibility of Dwarf Chameleons to Climate and Land Use Change: A Vulnerability Framework for Conservation Planning. African Zoology 59(1), 26-38 - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Kopij, G. 2026. Vertebrate Fauna of Lesotho: An Ecological Monograph. Cambridge Scholars Publishing - get paper here
  • 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)
  • Raw, L. R. G. 1976. A survey of the dwarf chameleons of Natal, South Africa, with description of three new species (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae). Durban Mus. Novit. 11(7): 139-161.
  • 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, K.A., Conradie, W., Pietersen, D.W., Weeber, J., Burger, M. & Alexander, G.J. (eds) 2023. Conservation status of the reptiles of South Africa, Eswatini and Lesotho. Suricata 10. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria - get paper here
  • 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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