Agama tassiliensis

Agama tassiliensis

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 Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

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

Name

Agama tassiliensis Geniez, Padial & Crochet, 2011: 32

• Holotype: MNHN 2010.0632, adult ♂, collected by P.-A. Crochet, P. Geniez and O. Peyre on 21 April 2009.
• Type locality: “Tassili n’Ajjer (south-eastern Algeria), 5 km south-south-west from Iherir [WGS84 25.3500°N/8.3911°E/1428m a.s.l.]”.

References

Primary references

• Geniez, P., Padial J.M. & Crochet, P.-A. 2011. Systematics of north African Agama (Reptilia: Agamidae): a new species from the central Saharan mountains. Zootaxa 3098(1): 26–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3098.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Geniez, P., Beddek, M., Crochet, P.-A., Brito, J.C., Wilms, T. & Wagner, P. 2025. IUCN: Agama tassiliensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T203800A235247884. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T203800A235247884.en. Accessed on 09 December 2025.