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Bradypodion transvaalense (Transvaal Dwarf Chameleon)

Synonyms: Chamaeleo natalensis; Chamaeleon transvaalensis; Microsauria pumila transvaalensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Transvaal dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion transvaalense) is a chameleon native to South Africa, where it is found in forested areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces. It is also known as the Wolkberg dwarf chameleon, after the Wolkberg range.
View Wikipedia Record: Bradypodion transvaalense

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  11 grams
Female Weight [1]  12 grams
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal
Litter Size [1]  11
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Viviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.756 inches (7 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0