Bradypodion occidentale (HEWITT, 1935)

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Higher Taxa	Chamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Western Dwarf Chameleon G: Wüstenzwergchamäleon, Namaqua-Zwergchamäleon
Synonym	Lophosaura 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
Distribution	Republic of South Africa (Little Namaqualand, W Great Namaqualand), SW Namibia Type locality: Namaqualand, Cape Province, S. Africa
Reproduction	ovoviviparous
Types	Holotype: SAM 933.
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Comment	Distribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004).
Etymology	Named 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 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, 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, 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 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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