Agama finchi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Agama
Species: Agama finchi
Subspecies (2): A. f. finchi – A. f. leucerythrolaema

Agama finchi Böhme, Wagner, Malonza, Lötters & Köhler, 2005: 144

Holotype: NMK L25342, adult ♂, collected by C. Bensch, B.A. Bwong, M. Hagen, V. Muchai and M. Peters on 12 October 2003.
Type locality: “km 11 on road from Malaba to Busia, Western Province, Kenya (00°34′ N, 34°11′E, 1500 m a.s.l.)”.

Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Malonza, P., Lötters, S. & Köhler, J. 2005. A new species of the Agama agama group (Squamata: Agamidae) from western Kenya, East Africa, with comments on Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(2): 143–150. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-2-143-150 [nonfunctional] Reference page.

Wagner, P., Freund, W., Modrý, D., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. Studies on African Agama IX. New insights into Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005 (Sauria: Agamidae), with the description of a new subspecies. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60(1): 25–34. PDF. Reference page.

Wagner, P., Safari, I. & Chenga, J. 2021. IUCN: Agama finchi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T17450494A17450498. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17450494A17450498.en. Accessed on 05 January 2026.