Smith's dwarf chameleon

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Smith's dwarf chameleon

| image = Bradypodion taeniabronchum 87532702.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Tolley, K.A. |date=2018 |title=Bradypodion taeniabronchum |volume=2018 |page=e.T3023A115649925 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3023A115649925.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Bradypodion

| species = taeniabronchum

| authority = Smith, 1831

| range_map = Bradypodion taeniabronchum distribution.png

| synonyms = 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.{{cite journal |last1=Stuart-Fox |first1=Devi |last2=Moussalli |first2=Adnan |last3=Whiting |first3=Martin J. |title=Predator-specific camouflage in chameleons |journal=Biology Letters |date=23 August 2008 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=326–329 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2008.0173 |pmid=18492645 |pmc=2610148 }}{{cite journal| last1=Stuart-Fox | first1=D. | last2=Moussalli | first2=A. | year=2009 | title=Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms | journal=Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci | volume=364 | issue=1516 | pages=463–470 | doi=10.1098/rstb.2008.0254 | pmid=19000973 | pmc=2674084 }}