Agama spinosa

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

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

Name

Agama spinosa Gray, 1831: 57

• Syntypes (n=3): BMNH XXIV.57.a, ♀, and XXIV.57.c, ♂, collected by J. Burton; BMNH XXIV.57.b, ♂, collected by J.G. Wilkinson.
• Type locality: “Africa”, restricted to “Egypt” by Denzer & Campbell (2024: 394).

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume the ninth. The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 110 pp. (Appendix) BHL Reference page. 
• Denzer, W. & Campbell, P.D. 2024. Nomenclatural notes on Agama spinosa Gray, 1831 and Agama aspera Daudin, 1802. Zootaxa 5403(3): 391–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Richman, N. & Böhm, M. 2011. IUCN: Agama spinosa  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T170372A6771222. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170372A6771222.en. Accessed on 14 February 2024.

Vernacular names

• English: Gray’s Agama

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