Agama bocourti, also known commonly as Bocourt's agama, is a small species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. bocourti
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| Binomial name | |
| Agama bocourti Rochebrune, 1884
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Etymology
editThe specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[2]
Geographic range
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editReproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Ineich I, Schmitz A [in French] (2010). "Agama bocourti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T170367A6770113. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170367A6770113.en.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama bocourti, p. 29).
- ^ a b Agama bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading
edit- Barts M, Wilms T (2003). "Die Agamen der Welt ". Draco 4 (14): 4–23. (in German).
- Rochebrune A-T (1884). Faune de la Sénégambie. Paris: Octave Douin. 221 pp. (Agama bocourti, new species, Reptiles Plate XI, figures 3 & 4). (in French).
- Wermuth H (1967). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Retilien. Agamidae". Das Tierreich 86: 1–127. (Agama bocourti, p. 10). (in German).
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