Agama armata

Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Agama
Species: Agama armata
Name
[edit]Agama armata Peters, 1854
- Syntypes: ZMB 4244-6, 4247 (3 specimens), 4248, 9199.
- Type locality: “Sena, Tette”, Mozambique.
Combinations
[edit]- Agama armata Peters, 1854: 616 [original combination, non Agama armata Hardwicke & Gray, 1827]
- Agama hispida var. armata — Boulenger & Power, 1921: 261 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
- Agama aculeata armata — McLachlan, 1981: 223 [subsequent combination]
- Agama armata — Jacobsen, 1992: 31 [subsequent combination, restored to species]
Synonyms
[edit]- Agama hispida mertensi Wermuth, 1967 [nomen substitutum pro Agama armata Peters, 1854]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Peters, W. 1854. Diagnosen neuer Batrachier, welche zusammen mit der früher (24. Juli und 17. August) gegebenen Übersicht der Schlangen und Eidechsen mitgetheilt werden. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1854: 614–628.
- Boulenger, G.A. & Power, J.H. 1921. A revision of the South African agamas allied to Agama hispida and A. atra. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 9: 229–287. BHL Reference page.
- McLachlan, G.R. 1981. Taxonomy of Agama hispida (Sauria: Agamidae) in southern Africa. Cimbebasia. Series A 5(6): 219–227. Reference page.
- Jacobsen, N.H.G. 1992. The status of Agama aculeata armata Peters 1854, (Reptilia: Agamidae). Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa 41(2): 30–34. DOI: 10.1080/04416651.1992.9650355
Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Wagner, P. & Howell, K. 2021. IUCN: Agama armata (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T17450308A17450316. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17450308A17450316.en. Accessed on 29 October 2025.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Northern Ground Agama
- Haza: Tceketcekea-ko