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Bradypodion setaroi RAW, 1976

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Higher TaxaChamaeleonidae, Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Setaro's Dwarf Chameleon 
SynonymBradypodion setaroi RAW 1976: 152
Chamaeleo pumilus setaroi — HOFMAN, MAXSON & ARNTZEN 1991
Bradypodion setaroi — KLAVER & BÖHME 1997
Bradypodion setaroi — NECAS 1999: 203
Bradypodion setaroi — TILBURY 2010: 303
Bradypodion setaroi — HARPORT & REISSIG 2020 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (From St. Lucia to Lake Sibaya)

Type locality: St. Lucia Estuary, Zululand, South Africa.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: LRC 686 (private collection of Lynn Raw; specimens are in Denmark, L. Raw, pers. comm., 24 Oct 2018) 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: For a map see TOLLEY et al. (2004).

Endangered (HILTON-TAYLOR 2000). 
EtymologyNamed after Gordon Setaro, who is described by Raw as "an enthusiastic field collector of southern African herpetofauna." They collected the holotype (1974). 
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.
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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
  • Glaw, F. 2015. Taxonomic checklist of chameleons (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae). [type catalogue] Vertebrate Zoology 65 (2): 167–246 - get paper here
  • Haagner, G. V. 1989. Additional distribution records of the dwarf chameleon Bradypodion setaroi in Zululand (Sauria: Chamaeleontidae), and some ecological notes. Lammergeyer 40: 42-46
  • Haagner, G.V.; Branch, W.R. 1994. Geographical Distribution - Bradypodion setaroi. African Herp News (21): 24-24 - get paper here
  • Harport, V. & Reissig, J. 2020. Herpetofauna-Tour im Osten Südafrikas. Elaphe 2020 (5): 34-44
  • Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
  • Hofman, A., MAXSON, L. R. & ARNTZEN, J.W. 1991. Biochemical evidence pertaining to the taxonomic relationships within the family Chamaeleonidae. Amphibia-Reptilia 12: 245—265 - get paper here
  • Klaver, Ch. J.J. & Böhme,W. 1997. Chamaeleonidae. Das Tierreich, 112: XIV, 1-85
  • Masurat, G. & I. Masura 1995. Bradypodion setaroi Raw, 1976 - Ersthaltung und - fortpflanzung im Terrarium. Sauria 17 (2): 3-9 - 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.
  • Reissig, J. 2013. Bradypodion setaroi (Raw, 1976) Reproduction. African Herp News (59): 42-44 - get paper here
  • Reissig, J; 2019. Bradypodion setaroi (Setaro’s Dwarf Chameleon) Reproduction. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 570 - get paper here
  • 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
 
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