Skip to main content

    Species Accepted

    Bradypodion pumilum (Gmelin, 1789)

    Cape Dwarf Chameleon
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Bradypodion
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      NamibiaNo
      View all

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Buntes Zwergchamäleon German
      Camaleonte nano del Capo Italian
      Camaleón Enano de El Cabo Spanish
      Caméléon nain du Cap French
      Cape Dwarf Chameleon English
      Kaapse Dwergverkleurmannetjie Afrikaans
      South African Dwarf Chameleon English
      Vestlig Kap-dværgkamæleon Danish
      chameleon trpasličí Czech
      Пёстрый горный хамелеон Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      53 results
      Tolley, Krystal A.; Lucas F. Chauke, Jennifer C. Jackson & Kevin A. Feldheim. (2014). Multiple paternity and sperm storage in the Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum). African Journal of Herpetology 63: 47-56.
      Meyer, F. A. A. (1795). Synopsis Reptilium, novam ipsorum sistens generum methodum, nec non Gottingensium huius ordinis animalium enumerationem. Vandenhoeck Und Ruprecht, Göttingen, 32 Pp [for Current Names See Rösler & Böhme 2021].
      Stuart-Fox, D., & Moussalli, A. (2008). Selection for Social Signalling Drives the Evolution of Chameleon Colour Change. PloS Biol. 6 (1): E25 (Doi:10.1371/Journal.Pbio.0060025|).
      Engelbrecht, D. van Z. (1951). Contributions to the cranial morphology of the chameleon Microsaura pumila Daudin. Annals of the University of Stellenbosch, (A), 27: 4–31.
      Laurenti, J. N. (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu. Vienna, Joan. Thomae, 217 Pp.
      Main, D. C., Taft, J. M., Geneva, A. J., Vuuren, B. J., & Tolley, K. A. (2024). The efficacy of single mitochondrial genes at reconciling the complete mitogenome phylogeny—a case study on dwarf chameleons. PeerJ, 12, E17076.
      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.
      Rebelo, Alexander D., Res Altwegg, Eric M. Katz & Krystal A. Tolley. (2022). Out on a limb: female chameleons (Bradypodion pumilum) position themselves to minimise detection, whereas males maximise mating opportunity. African Journal of Herpetology 0(0): 1–12.
      Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné Systema naturae. 13. ed., Tom 1 Pars 3. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae. 1033-1516 Pp.
      Hillenius, D. (1959). The differentiation within the genus Chamaeleo LAURENTI 1768. Beaufortia, Amsterdam, 8: 1-92.

      Citation

      Bradypodion pumilum (Gmelin, 1789) in undefined