| Smith's dwarf chameleon | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Bradypodion |
| Species: | B. taeniabronchum |
| Binomial name | |
| Bradypodion taeniabronchum Smith, 1831 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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. 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.
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. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- 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. PMC 2610148. 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. PMC 2674084. PMID 19000973.
External links
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| Bradypodion taeniabronchum | |
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