Agama hispida

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.

Agama hispida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Agama
Species:
A. hispida
Binomial name
Agama hispida
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta hispida
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Trapelus hispidus
    Kaup, 1827
  • Agama hispida
    — Boulenger, 1885

Geographic range

A. hispida is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. hispida is shrubland.[1]

Description

A. hispida is a small lizard.[2]

Reproduction

A. hispida is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Agama.

References
  1. Conradie, W.; Bates, M.F.; de Villiers, A. (2018). "Agama hispida". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2018: e.T170370A115655794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170370A115655794.en.
  2. Agama hispida at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading
  • 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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