Biology:Smith's dwarf chameleon
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Short description: Species of lizard
Smith's dwarf chameleon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
Genus: | Bradypodion |
Species: | B. taeniabronchum
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Binomial name | |
Bradypodion taeniabronchum Smith, 1831
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Synonyms | |
Bradypodion pumilum ssp. taeniabronchum (Smith, 1831) |
Smith's dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion taeniabronchum), also known as the Elandsberg dwarf chameleon, is a species of lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae endemic to Fynbos in South Africa's Eastern Cape.[2] As in several species of chameleons in the genus Bradypodion, the Smith's dwarf chameleon can use its color-changing ability to actively camouflage itself depending on the vision of the specific predator species (for example, bird or snake) by which it is being threatened.[3][4]
References
- ↑ Tolley, K.A. (2018). "Bradypodion taeniabronchum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T3023A115649925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3023A115649925.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3023/115649925. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ Stuart-Fox, Devi; Moussalli, Adnan; Whiting, Martin J. (23 August 2008). "Predator-specific camouflage in chameleons". Biology Letters 4 (4): 326–329. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0173. PMID 18492645.
- ↑ Stuart-Fox, D.; Moussalli, A. (2009). "Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms". Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364 (1516): 463–470. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0254. PMID 19000973.
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