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Agama Daudin, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209050

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Agamas [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Iguania – iguanes, Iguanas
	Family	Agamidae – Old World Arboreal Lizards, Agamid Lizards
	Subfamily	Agaminae
	Genus	Agama Daudin, 1802 – Agamas
		Direct Children:
	Species	Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820 – Ground Agama
	Species	Agama africana (Hallowell, 1844)
	Species	Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) – Red-headed Agama, Common Agama, Rainbow Lizard
	Species	Agama anchietae Bocage, 1896 – Anchieta's Agama, Western Rock Agama
	Species	Agama armata W. C. H. Peters, 1855 – Peter's Ground Agama
	Species	Agama atra Daudin, 1802 – Southern Rock Agama
	Species	Agama bocourti Rochebrune, 1884 – Bocourt's Agama
	Species	Agama boensis Monard, 1940
	Species	Agama bottegi Boulenger, 1897 – Somali Agama
	Species	Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917 – Mali Agama
	Species	Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886 – Boulenger's Agama
	Species	Agama caudospinosa Meek, 1910 – Elmenteita Rock Agama
	Species	Agama cristata Mocquard, 1905 – Insular Agama
	Species	Agama doriae Boulenger, 1885 – Doria's Agama, Benoue Agama, Nigeria Agama
	Species	Agama etoshae Mclachlan, 1981
	Species	Agama finchi Böhme, Wagner, Malonza, Lötters and G. Köhler, 2005 – Finch's Agama
	Species	Agama gracilimembris Chabanaud, 1918 – Benin Agama
	Species	Agama hartmanni W. C. H. Peters, 1869 – Hartmann's Agama
	Species	Agama hispida (Kaup, 1827) – Common Spiny Agama, Southern Spiny Agama
	Species	Agama hulbertorum Wagner, 2014
	Species	Agama impalearis Boettger, 1874
	Species	Agama insularis Chabanaud, 1918 – Insular Agama
	Species	Agama kaimosae Loveridge, 1935
	Species	Agama kirkii Boulenger, 1885 – Kirk's Rock Agama
	Species	Agama knobeli Boulenger and Power, 1921 – Southern Rock Agama
	Species	Agama lanzai Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch and Böhme, 2013
	Species	Agama lebretoni Wagner, Barej and Schmitz, 2009
	Species	Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896
	Species	Agama lucyae Wagner and Bauer, 2011
	Species	Agama montana Barbour and Loveridge, 1928 – Montane Rock Agama
	Species	Agama mossambica W. C. H. Peters, 1854 – Mozambique Agama
	Species	Agama mucosoensis Hellmich, 1957 – Mucoso Agama
	Species	Agama mwanzae Loveridge, 1923 – Mwanza Flat-headed Agama
	Species	Agama parafricana S. Trape, Mediannikov and J-F. Trape in Mediannikov, S. Trape and J-F. Trape, 2012
	Species	Agama paragama Grandison, 1968 – False Agama
	Species	Agama persimilis Parker, 1942 – Painted Agama
	Species	Agama planiceps W. C. H. Peters, 1862 – Namib Rock Agama
	Species	Agama robecchii Boulenger, 1891 – Robecchi's Agama
	Species	Agama rueppelli Vaillant in Révoil, 1882 – Rüppell's Agama
	Species	Agama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918 – Senegal Agama
	Species	Agama somalica Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch and Böhme, 2013
	Species	Agama spinosa Gray, 1831 – Gray's Agama, Spiny Agama
	Species	Agama sylvana MacDonald, 1981
	Species	Agama tassiliensis Geniez, Padial and Crochet, 2011
	Species	Agama turuensis Loveridge, 1932
	Species	Agama weidholzi Wettstein, 1932 – Gambia Agama

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Agama

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Agama

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