Reptile Atlas of Africa

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ReptileMAP:   53
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930CB
Observer:   Bowker M.B.
Date of record:   2004-04-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2023-09-27 17:37:27
Sp. code:   1310
Species name:   Bradypodion melanocephalum
Common name:   KwaZulu Dwarf Chameleon
Family:   Chamaeleonidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-53
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 53 - photo: 1
VM-number: 53 - photo: 2
VM-number: 53 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Krystal Tolley
Comment:   Pointy gular scales & reduced casque = B. melanocephalum. Casque is much higher in thamnobates and gular scales are broad and flatten. Stress colouration also fits melanoceph not thamnobates.
Date:   2005-08-22 17:52:06
Species name:   Bradypodion melanocephalum -- KwaZulu Dwarf Chameleon
Species code:   1310
Comment number:   2
By:   Marius Burger
Comment:   I agree with Krystal's ID of species.
Date:   2005-08-22 20:11:53
Species name:   Bradypodion melanocephalum -- KwaZulu Dwarf Chameleon
Species code:   1310

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