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 | |
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Scientific 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] | |
Geographic range
A. hispida is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]
Description
A. hispida is a small lizard.[2]
Subspecies
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.
References
- 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.
- 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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