The Ethiopian ridgeback agama (Xenagama zonura), is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa. It is among the largest species of Xenagama, with snout-to-vent length of males up to 84.5mm.[2]
| Xenagama zonura | |
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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: | Xenagama |
| Species: | X. zonura
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenagama zonura (Boulenger, 1895)
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Geographic range
editX. zonura is endemic to Ethiopia, in elevations between 2000 and 2500m.[3][4] Comparatively to other Xenagama species, X. zonura resides at higher elevations. [5]
Reproduction
editX. zonura is oviparous.
References
edit- ^ Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama zonura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T20877968A20877977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T20877968A20877977.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ Species Xenagama zonura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109
- ^ Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
- ^ Wagner, Philipp & Mazuch, Tomas & Bauer, A.. (2013). An extraordinary tail - integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 51. 10.1111/jzs.12016.