Agama wachirai

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 wachirai

Name

Agama wachirai Malonza, Spawls, Finch & Bauer, 2021: 546

• Holotype: NMK-254L/1 (Field No. MBT1), adult ♂, collected by Patrick K. Malonza, Washington Wachira, Yatani Adano, Simon Kiiru and Alex Mwangi on 19 July 2019.
• Type locality: “north of Bubisa Shopping Center about 60 km north of Marsabit Town (2.783333, 38.083333, 544 m elevation)”, Marsabit County, Kenya.
• Paratypes (3): NMK-254L/2 (Field No. MBT2), adult ♀, NMK-254L/3 (Field No. MBT3), adult ♂ & NMK-254/4 (Field No. MBT4), adult ♂, same data as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Malonza, P.K., Spawls, S., Finch, B. & Bauer, A.M. 2021. A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya. Zootaxa 4920(4): 543–553. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agama wachirai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Marsabit Rock Agama