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Bradypodion thamnobates RAW, 1976

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Midlands Dwarf Chameleon, Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon 
SynonymBradypodion thamnobates RAW 1976: 154
Bradypodion thamnobates — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Bradypodion thamnobates —NECAS 1999: 206
Bradypodion thamnobates — TILBURY 2010: 316 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Natal Midlands from Mooi River to Bulwer and Dargle)

Type locality: Nottingham Road, Natal, S. Africa  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: LRC 825 (private collection of Lynn Raw, specimens are in Denmark, L. Raw, pers. comm., 24 Oct 2018) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (n=34): Moderately built with very rugose, markedly heterogeneous scales. Casque sharply raised, recurved. Cranial crests strongly developed, usually horn-coloured. Scales and interstitial skin of throat white. Outer surfaces of limbs interspersed with enlarged conical tubercles, as are the upper flanks below the dorsal crests and the tail. Enlarged flattened tubercles forming irregular rows across mid-lateral region of flanks, few in number. (Raw 1976)


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CommentDistribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004).

“Near threatened” (HILTON-TAYLOR 2000). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek thamnos, bush or shrub; -bates, walker (from baino = to tread): shrub walker denoting the habitat of this species (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.; 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, William R. 1993. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  • 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
  • Da Silva, J. M. and Tolley, K. A. 2013. Ecomorphological variation and sexual dimorphism in a recent radiation of dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi: 10.1111/bij.12045 - get paper here
  • da Silva, J. M. and Tolley, K. A. 2017. Diversification through ecological opportunity in dwarf chameleons. J. Biogeogr.. doi:10.1111/jbi.12966 - get paper here
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Graf, A. 1996. Vorstellung der in der Zuchtgemeinschaft Chamaeleonidae gezüchteten Chamäleonarten. Teil 5: Bradypodion thamnobates Raw, 1976. Sauria 18 (2): 39-42 - get paper here
  • Herwig, W. 2008. Bemerkungen zum Alter von Bradypodion thamnobates, dem Natal Midlands Dwarf Chameleon, in der Terrarienhaltung. Elaphe 16 (2): 49
  • Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • Langerwerf, B. 1992. The Reproduction in Captivity of the Natal Midland Dwarf Chamaeleon, Bradypodion thamnobates. British Herpetological Society Bulletin (41): 15-18
  • 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)
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  • Silva, Jessica M. Da and Krystal A. Tolley 2013. Ecomorphological variation and sexual dimorphism in a recent radiation of dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 109 (1): 113–130 - get paper here
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