Agama boulengeri

Agama boulengeri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Agama
Species:	A. boulengeri
Binomial name
	Agama boulengeri; Lataste, 1886

Agama boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to western Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[2]

Geographic range

A. boulengeri is found in Mali and Mauritania.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. boulengeri are rocky areas and wetlands.[1]

Description

A. boulengeri is a small lizard.[3] Dorsally, it is grayish brown, with yellowish specks. Ventrally, it is yellowish. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 10 cm (3.9 in), with a tail length of about 14 cm (5.5 in).[4]

Behavior

A. boulengeri is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

A. boulengeri is oviparous.[3]

References

Wagner P, Wilms T [in German] (2013). "Agama boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T203793A2771465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203793A2771465.en.
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 boulengeri, p. 34).
Agama boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Agama boulengeri, p. 495 in Addenda and Corrigenda).

Lambert MRK, Mullié WC (1998). "Sexual dichromatism of Agama boulengeri observed in Southern Mauritania". British Herpetological Society Bulletin (65): 42–44.
Lataste F (1886). "Description d'un saurien nouveau du Haut Sénégal ". Le Naturaliste 8: 212–213. (Agama boulengeri, new species). (in French).
Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
Vale CG, Tarroso P, Campos JC, Gonçalves DV, Brito JC (2012). "Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Boulenger's agama (Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886)". Amphibia-Reptilia 33 (3–4): 526–532.

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[iucn-1] Wagner P, Wilms T [in German] (2013). "Agama boulengeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T203793A2771465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T203793A2771465.en.

[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 boulengeri, p. 34).

[RDB-3] Agama boulengeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

[4] Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Agama boulengeri, p. 495 in Addenda and Corrigenda).