CHAMAELEONIDAE FAMILY
Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum (subspecies)
KINGDOM: Animalia (animals)
PHYLUM: Cordata (chordates)
CLASS: Reptilia (reptiles)
ORDER:
Squamata (scaled reptiles)
FAMILIES: snakes, warm lizards, lizards
LIZARD SUBFAMILY: Sauria
SAURIA INFRAORDER:
Anguimorpha (angid); Gekkota (gecko); Iguania (iguana); Scincomorpha (skink)
IGUANIA DIVISIONS:
Agamids; Iguanids; Chameleonids
CHAMAELEONIDAE FAMILY:
Subfamily Chamaeleoninae (True Chameleons)
Genus Bradypodion ("slow-footed")
Bradypodion fischeri multituberculatum
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Distribution:
Western Usambara Mtns., Tanzania |
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| Common Name: |
Fischer's, Usambara
Two-Horned |
| Name Translation: |
of fischer, having many tubercules |
| Synonyms: |
Chamaeleo fischeri
multituberculatus |
| Discovered: |
Nieden, 1913 |
| Size: |
medium 30 - 40 cm or
12-16
inches |
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Sexual Dimorphism: |
Males are larger, and have a swollen tail base
(hemipenal bulge). Female's horns are smaller or not present at all,
and the females
dorsal
crest does not usually extend past the first
third of the body. |
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Parity: |
oviparous
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| Description: |
The head has a flat
casque
with no
occipital
lobes,
canthus rostralis projects on both sides to a flat horn covered by
enlarged
heterogenous
scales. These horns are normally parallel. There is no
gular
crest. Body
scalation
is mostly
homogenous
with enlarged scales on the throat and limbs. The
dorsal
crest
extends through the tail and is covered with high
conical
scales, which are tallest toward the head. Colors displayed consist of green, turquoise, black, gray, brown, white, yellow, and orange. |
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Susan James
Eva Hejda
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literature cited (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,17,
18)
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