The tropical spiny agama, northern ground agama, or Peter's ground agama (Agama armata) is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. The species is found in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), southwestern Kenya, and central Tanzania.[1]
| Agama armata | |
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| Serengeti, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. armata
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| Binomial name | |
| Agama armata Peters, 1855
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| Synonyms | |
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Agama hispida armata | |
Description
editA small ground-dwelling agama, it reaches a length of 22 cm and is coloured grey, brown, or red with pale crossbars along the vertebral pale stripe. Displaying males' heads are coloured green or blue.[2]
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Agama armata displaying on rock, Soutpansberg, South Africa -
Full view, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
References
edit- ^ Agama armata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Spawls, S., Howell, K.M. & Drewes, R.C., Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, Princeton:Princeton University Press, 2006.
External links
edit- Agama armata, Calphotos
- Agama armata, GBIF
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