Agama hispida
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| Agama hispida | |
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| File:Agama hispida 15346589.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. hispida
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| Binomial name | |
| Agama hispida (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Agama hispida, also known commonly as the common spiny agama, the southern spiny agama, and the spiny ground agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]A. hispida is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitat of A. hispida is shrubland.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]A. hispida is a small lizard.[2]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]Subspecies
[edit | edit source]Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Agama hispida hispida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Agama hispida makarikarika V. FitzSimons, 1932
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Agama.
Gallery
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Underside
References
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- ^ a b c d e Agama hispida at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- FitzSimons V (1932). "Preliminary Descriptions of New Forms of South African Reptilia and Amphibia, from the Vernay-Lang Kalahari Expedition, 1930". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15 (1): 35–40. ("Agama hispida makarikarica [sic]", new subspecies, p. 36).
- Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Lacerta hispida, new species, pp. 205–206). (in Latin).
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