NATIONAL NEWS - The threatened Knysna Dwarf chameleon is one of the few of the more than 160 chameleon species, that gives live birth.
These species can give birth to eight to thirty young at a time after a gestation period of four to six months.
Chameleons, which are reptiles of the iguana suborder, range in size from just two centimeters to the size of a domestic cat.
The Knysna Dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion damaranum) is endemic to South Africa and is found in the forests near Knysna on the south-facing slopes of the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains down to the coast in the eastern Western Cape and western Eastern Cape.
In the past, The Knysna Dwarf chameleon was considered to be a subspecies of the Cape Dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion pumilum). This is now known to be wrong, however Bradypodion damaranum does not appear to have any particularly close living relatives.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Alberton Record.
