Agama anchietae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Agama
Species: Agama anchietae

Agama anchietae Bocage, 1896: 129

Agama mehelyi Tornier, 1902: 672 [synonymised by Wagner, Barej & Schmitz (2009: 296)]
- Holotype: ZMB 18149, adult ♀, collected by G.A. Zenker.
- Type locality: “Bipindi”, Cameroon, in error fide Wagner, Barej & Schmitz (2009: 296).

Agama anchietae var. methueni Boulenger & Power, 1921: 269
- Syntypes (n=3): BMNH 1936.8.1.373–375.
- Type locality: “Great Karas Mts.”, “Naroep Namaland” and “Namaqualand”.

Bocage, J.V.B. du 1896. Sur deux Agames d'Angola a ecaillure Heterogene. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physîcas e Naturaes. Series 2 4: 127–130. BHL
Tornier, G. 1902. Die Crocodile, Schildkröten und Eidechsen in Kamerun. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 15(2): 663–677. BHL Reference page.
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.
Wagner, P., Barej, M.F. & Schmitz, A. 2009. Studies on African Agama VII. A new species of the Agama agama-group (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Cameroon & Gabon, with comments on Agama mehelyi Tornier, 1902. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4) 285–297. PDF Reference page.

Bauer, A.M. & Branch, W.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the Richtersveld National Park, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Herpetological Natural History 8: 111–160.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agama anchietae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 October 2020.
de Villiers, A., Bates, M.F., Conradie, W., Ceríaco, L.M.P. & Tolley, K.A. 2020. IUCN: Agama anchietae (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T17450294A139699477. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T17450294A139699477.en. Accessed on 22 May 2023.

English: Western Rock Agama

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