Acanthocercus
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| Acanthocercus | |
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| Southern Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 |
| Species | |
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Acanthocercus is an African genus of agamid lizards.
[edit] Species
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) – Anderson's Rock Agama
- Acanthocercus annectens (Blanford, 1870)
- Acanthocercus atricollis (Smith, 1849) Southern Tree Agama, Black-necked Agama, or Blue-throated Agama
- Acanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) – Black-necked Tree Agama
- Acanthocercus guentherpetersi (Largen & Spawls, 2006)
- Acanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895)
- Acanthocercus trachypleurus (Peters, 1982) – Peter's Rock Agama
- Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954)
- Acanthocercus zonurus (Boulenger, 1895)
[edit] References
- ^ Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database
- Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.
