Agama finchi
Agama finchi, commonly known as Finch's agama, is a small species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Central Africa and East Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. finchi |
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Etymology
The specific name, finchi, is in honor of zoologist Brian W. Finch who discovered this species.[2]
Geographic range
A. finchi is found in the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda.[1][3]
Description
Small for its genus, A. finchi does not exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length (including tail).[3]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
References
- Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Agama finchi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T17450494A17450498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17450494A17450498.en. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama finchi, p. 89).
- Agama finchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 October 2021.
Further reading
- Böhme W, Wagner P, Malonza P, Lötters S, Köhler J (2005). "A New Species of the Agama agama Group (Squamata: Agamidae) from Western Kenya, East Africa, with Comments on Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896". Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (2): 143–150. (Agama finchi, new species).
- Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Agama finchi, p. 229).
- Wagner P, Freund W, Modrý D, Schmitz A, Böhme W (2011). "Studies on African Agama IX. New insights into Agama finchi Böhme et al., 2005 (Sauria: Agamidae) with the description of a new subspecies". Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 25–34. (Agama finchi leucerythrolaema, new subspecies).
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