Agama aculeata
| Agama aculeata | |
|---|---|
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| male, Damaraland, Namibia | |
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| Close up of female, Serengeti, Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. aculeata |
| Binomial name | |
| Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820 | |
| Subspecies | |
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A. a. aculeata Merrem, 1820 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Saura spinalis | |
The ground agama (Agama aculeata) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Republic of South Africa, Mozambique, S Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Swaziland).[1]
Description
Snout-to-vent length is 76–100 mm. With a triangular head and rounded snout, this agama is coloured olive to reddish-brown (sometimes grey or yellowish) with a light creamy-white to pink belly. There are four or five paired darker blotches on the back—many smaller blotches continue down the tail. Breeding males become blue on the sides of their heads.[2]
Female ground agama in Serengeti, Tanzania
Ground agama in Tanzania
References
- ↑ Agama aculeata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Branch, Bill. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third revised edition. Sanibel Is., Florida:Ralph Curtis Books Publ., 1998.
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