| Cape dwarf chameleon | |
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| moulting male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Chamaeleonidae |
| Genus: | Bradypodion |
| Species: | B. pumilum
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| Binomial name | |
| Bradypodion pumilum (Gmelin, 1789)
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The Cape dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum) is a chameleon native to the South African province of the Western Cape, where it is restricted to the region around Cape Town.
As with most chameleons, its tongue is twice the length of its body and it can be shot out of its mouth using a special muscle in the jaw. This gives the chameleon the ability to catch insects some distance away.
- ^ Tolley, K. (2018). "Bradypodion pumilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T42683517A115668083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T42683517A115668083.en. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.