Agama boueti

Agama boueti, also known commonly as the Mali agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Agama boueti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Agama
Species:
A. boueti
Binomial name
Agama boueti
Chabanaud, 1917

Etymology

The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.[2]

Geographic range

A. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. boueti are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas.[1]

Description

A small lizard,[3] A. boueti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.7 cm (3.0 in), and a total length (including a long tail) of 22.2 cm (8.7 in).[4]

Diet

A. boueti preys upon grasshoppers, ants, beetles, and other small arthropods. It also eats succulent plants.[1]

Reproduction

A. boueti is oviparous.[3]

References
  1. Wilms T, Niagate B, Wagner P [in German] (2013). "Agama boueti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T170368A15660336. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T170368A15660336.en.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama boueti, p. 33).
  3. Agama boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  4. Chabanaud (1917).

Further reading
  • Böhme W, Heath J (2018). "Amphibian and Reptilian records from south-central Mali and western Burkina Faso". Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (1): 59–69. (Agama boueti, p. 67, Figure 12).
  • Chabanaud P (1917). "Énumération des Reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 23: 83–105. (Agama boueti, new species, pp. 85–87). (in French).
  • Mediani M, Chevalier F (2016). "Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917: new to the herpetofauna of Morocco and the northwesternmost record of the species". Herpetozoa 28 (3/4): 187–191.



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