Acanthocercus
Appearance
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Acanthocercus atricollis, southern tree agama | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Agaminae |
Genus: | Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 |
Acanthocercus is an genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Species
Common name[1] | Scientific name[1] | IUCN Red List Status | Distribution | Picture |
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Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama | Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) |
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Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama | Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870) |
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black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849) |
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Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 |
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Falk's blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus cyanocephalus (Falk, 1925) |
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black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) |
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black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus gregorii (Günther, 1894) |
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Peter's ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006 |
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Kivu blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus kiwuensis (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus minutus (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Phillips’ ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895) |
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Uganda blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957) |
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Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954) |
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.
References
- ^ a b Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database.
- ^ "Acanthocercus adramitanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Acanthocercus annectans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Acanthocercus atricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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(help) - ^ "Acanthocercus cyanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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Further reading
- Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).
External links
- 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.