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    Species Accepted

    Bradypodion ventrale (Gray, 1845)

    Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Bradypodion
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon English
      Karoo-dwergverkleurmannetjie Afrikaans
      Southern Dwarf Chameleon English
      Suidelike Dwergverkleurmannetjie Afrikaans
      Wüstenzwergchamäleon German
      belly-shielded chameleon English
      chameleon karrojský Czech
      南方侏儒變色龍 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      23 results
      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.
      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.
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      CAMPBELL, P. 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.
      Branch, W. R. (1988). Life History Note: Bradypodion ventrale ventrale: Growth and Predation. J. Herp. Assoc. Africa (34): 47-47.
      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.
      Tolley KA, Main DC, Dube KM, van Vuuren BJ, & da Silva JM. (2025). Ecological factors promote convergent evolution and ecological speciation in dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion). Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(3): 1227-1247.
      Tolley, K., & Burger, M. (2007). Chameleons of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town,100 Pp.
      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.
      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.

      Citation

      Bradypodion ventrale (Gray, 1845) in undefined