Distribution : South-western area of Western Cape, from just east of Cape Agulhas to Clanwilliam in the north (Map 1).

Type Locality and Type Specimens : Cape of Good Hope. Type possibly in the Paris Museum (FitzSimons, 1943).

Specimen Localities : Cape Town (3318DC) (incl. Bergvliet, Claremont, Gardens, Milnerton, Pinelands, Plumstead, Rosebank, Tamboerskloof and Wynberg); Clanwilliam (3218BB); Eddie Rubinstein Orothamnus Nature Reserve (3419AD); Hermanus (3419AC), Jonkershoek (3318DD); Joostenbergs Vlakte, Bellville District (3318DD); Kleinmond (3418BC); Kogelberg, near Simonstown (3418BD), Simonstown (3418AB); Somerset West (3418BB), Stellenbosch (3318DD); Strand (3418BB); Walvis Bay (2214CD); Zoetendal's Vallei (= Soetendalsvlei), Bredasdorp district (3419BD).

Literature Records : Cape Flats (3418BA), Houtbay (3418AB), Mossel Bay (3422AA) and Noordhoek (3418AB) (Visser, 1984a), Fish Hoek (3418AB) (Salmon, 1992); Piketberg (3218DD) (Bruwer, 1992); Robben Island (3318CD) (Power, 1932); Rondebosch (3318CD) (Fisher, 1992) and Van der Stel (3418BB) (Burrage, 1973).

Survey records : Fernkloof Nature Reserve (3419AC); Kleinmond Coastal & Mountain Nature Reserve (3418BC); Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve (3418BD); Rondevlei Nature Reserve (3418AB/BA).

Veld Type : Coastal fynbos (47) and West Coast Strandveld (34) (Baard & de Villiers, in litt. 1995).

Habitat limits : Unknown.

RDB Conservation Category : Not listed.

Conservation Priority Rating : 27

Remarks : The chameleons presently regarded as B. pumilum appear to belong to three taxa. The extralimital Walvis Bay specimens appear to be the typical form and were probably introduced as pets or accidentally in agricultural products. Introduced urban populations have also been discovered at Springbok and Port Nolloth since the report was completed (H.Thomas, pers. comm.).

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