Agama armata

Tropical Spiny Agama
	Serengeti, Tanzania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Agaminae
Genus:	Agama
Species:	A. armata
Binomial name
	Agama armata; Peters, 1855
Synonyms
	Agama hispida armata; Agama hispida mertensi; Agama aculeata armata

The Tropical Spiny Agama (Agama armata) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. The species is found in South Africa, Mosambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), southwestern Kenya, and central Tanzania.^[1]

Description

A small ground-dwelling agama reaching a length of 22 cm. Coloured grey, brown or red with pale crossbars along the vertebral pale stripe. Displaying males heads are coloured green or blue.^[2]

References

^ Agama armata, The Reptiles Database
^ Spawls, S., Howell, K.M. & Drewes, R.C., Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, Princeton:Princeton University Press, 2006.

Agama armata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

External links

Agama armata, Calphotos
Agama armata, GBIF

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[1] Agama armata, The Reptiles Database

[2] Spawls, S., Howell, K.M. & Drewes, R.C., Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, Princeton:Princeton University Press, 2006.

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