Acanthocercus | |
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Acanthocercus atricollis, southern tree agama | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Agaminae |
Genus: |
Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 |
Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Common name [1] | Scientific name [1] | IUCN Red List Status | Distribution | Picture | |
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Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama |
Acanthocercus adramitanus ( Anderson, 1896) |
LC IUCN [2] |
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Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama |
Acanthocercus annectans ( Blanford, 1870) |
LC IUCN [3] |
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black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |
Acanthocercus atricollis ( A. Smith, 1849) |
LC IUCN [4] |
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Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 |
Zambia |
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Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022 |
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Falk's blue-headed tree agama |
Acanthocercus cyanocephalus ( Falk, 1925) |
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black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama |
Acanthocercus cyanogaster ( Rüppell, 1835) |
LC IUCN [5] |
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black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |
Acanthocercus gregorii ( Günther, 1894) |
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Peter's ridgeback agama |
Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006 |
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Kivu blue-headed tree agama |
Acanthocercus kiwuensis ( Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021 |
Namibia and Angola | ||||
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |
Acanthocercus minutus (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Phillips’ ridgeback agama |
Acanthocercus phillipsii ( Boulenger, 1895) |
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Uganda blue-headed tree agama |
Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954) |
LC IUCN [6] |
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.
Acanthocercus | |
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Acanthocercus atricollis, southern tree agama | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Agaminae |
Genus: |
Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 |
Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Common name [1] | Scientific name [1] | IUCN Red List Status | Distribution | Picture | |
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Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama |
Acanthocercus adramitanus ( Anderson, 1896) |
LC IUCN [2] |
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Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama |
Acanthocercus annectans ( Blanford, 1870) |
LC IUCN [3] |
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black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |
Acanthocercus atricollis ( A. Smith, 1849) |
LC IUCN [4] |
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Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 |
Zambia |
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Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022 |
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Falk's blue-headed tree agama |
Acanthocercus cyanocephalus ( Falk, 1925) |
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black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama |
Acanthocercus cyanogaster ( Rüppell, 1835) |
LC IUCN [5] |
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black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |
Acanthocercus gregorii ( Günther, 1894) |
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Peter's ridgeback agama |
Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006 |
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Kivu blue-headed tree agama |
Acanthocercus kiwuensis ( Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021 |
Namibia and Angola | ||||
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |
Acanthocercus minutus (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Phillips’ ridgeback agama |
Acanthocercus phillipsii ( Boulenger, 1895) |
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Uganda blue-headed tree agama |
Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954) |
LC IUCN [6] |
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.