Bradypodion barbatulum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Chamaeleonidae
Subfamilia: Chamaeleoninae
Genus: Bradypodion
Species: Bradypodion barbatulum

Name

Bradypodion barbatulum Tolley, Tilbury & Burger, 2022

• Holotype: PEM R013456, adult ♂, collected by Matthew Branch on 22 February 1998.
• Type locality: “Kouga Mountains west of Smutsberg, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (−33.626, 23.752, 1 060 m asl)”.

References

Primary references

• Tolley, K.A., Tilbury, C.R. & Burger, M. 2022. Convergence and vicariance: speciation of chameleons in the Cape Fold Mountains, South Africa, and the description of three new species of Bradypodion Fitzinger, 1843. African Journal of Herpetology 71(1): 14–38. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2021.1998236 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Beardless Dwarf Chameleon