Agama

Agama agama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Agama
Species (47): A. aculeata – A. africana – A. agama – A. anchietae – A. armata – A. atra – A. bocourti – A. boensis – A. bottegi – A. boueti – A. boulengeri – A. caudospinosa – A. cristata – A. doriae – A. etoshae – A. finchi – A. gracilimembris – A. hartmanni – A. hispida – A. hulbertorum – A. impalearis – A. insularis – A. kaimosae – A. kirkii – A. knobeli – A. lanzai – A. lebretoni – A. lionotus – A. lucyae – A. montana – A. mossambica – A. mucosoensis – A. mwanzae – A. parafricana – A. paragama – A. persimilis – A. picticauda – A. planiceps – A. robecchii – A. rueppelli – A. sankaranica – A. somalica – A. spinosa – A. tassiliensis – A. turuensis – A. wachirai – A. weidholzi

Name

Agama Daudin, 1802: 333

• Type species: Agama colonorum Daudin, 1802, by tautonym.

Synonyms

• Cyclosaurus Wagler in Michahelles, 1833: 894
  • Type species: Agama orbicularis Daudin, 1802, by monotypy.
• Saura Wagler in Michahelles, 1833: 896
  • Type species: Saura spinalis Wagler, 1833, by monotypy.
• Phrynopsis Fitzinger, 1843: 17 [preoccupied by Phrynopsis Rafinesque, 1815]
  • Type species: Agama atra Daudin, 1802, by original designation.
• Podorrhoa Fitzinger, 1843: 18
  • Type species: Agama colonorum Daudin, 1802, by original designation.
• Psammorrhoa Fitzinger, 1843: 18 [as subgenus of Trapelus]
  • Type species: Agama aculeata Duméril & Bibron, 1837, in error [=Merrem, 1820], by original designation.
• Oreodeira Girard, 1857: 199 [synonymised by Moody (1988: 110)]
  • Type species: Oreodeira gracilipes Girard, 1857, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page. 

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Girard, C.F. 1857. Descriptions of some new reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Fourth part. - Including the species of saurians, exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9: 195–199. BHL Reference page. 
• Moody, S.M. 1988. Rediscovery and taxonomic identity of Oreodeira gracilipes Girard, 1857 (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Herpetologica 44(1): 108–113. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2005-12-2-143-150 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Wagner, P. 2007. Studies in African Agama I: On the taxonomic status of Agama lionotus usambarae Barbour & Loveridge, 1928 (Squamata, Agamidae). Herpetozoa 20(1/2): 69–73. PDF Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Burmann, A. & Böhme, W. 2008. Studies on African Agama. II. Resurrection of Agama agama kaimosae Loveridge, 1935 (Squamata: Agamidae) from synonymy and its elevation to species rank. Russian Journal of Herpetology 15(1): 1–7. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2008-15-1-1-7 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Krause, P. & Böhme, W. 2008. Studies on African Agama. III. Resurrection of Agama agama turuensis Loveridge, 1932 (Squamata: Agamidae) from synonymy and elevation to species rank. Salamandra 44(1): 35–42. PDF Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Barej, M.F. & Schmitz, A. 2009. Studies on African Agama VII. A new species of the Agama agama-group (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Cameroon & Gabon, with comments on Agama mehelyi Tornier, 1902. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4) 285–297. PDF Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Chong, R.A., Papenfuss, T.J., Wagner, P., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., Rödel, M.O., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Bauer, A.M., Eniang, E.A. & El Din, S.B. 2009. Phylogeny of the genus Agama based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 273–278. BHL Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Glaw, F., Glaw, K. & Böhme, W. 2009. Studies on African Agama IV: First record of Agama agama (Sauria: Agamidae) from Madagascar and identity of the alien population on Grande Comore Island. Herpetology Notes 2: 73–77. Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Wilms, T.M., Bauer, A.M. & Böhme, W. 2009. Studies on African Agama V. On the origin of Lacerta agama Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata: Agamidae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 215–223. PDF Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Ineich, I., Leaché, A.D., Wilms, T.M., Trape, S., Böhme, W. & Schmitz, A. 2009. Studies on African Agama VI. Taxonomic status of the West African Agama (Sauria: Agamidae) with prominent tail crests: Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886, Agama insularis Chabanaud, 1918 and Agama cristata Mocquard, 1905. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56(4): 239–253. PDF Reference page. 
• Wagner, P. 2010. Studies on African Agama VIII. A new subspecies of Agama caudospinosa Meek, 1910 (Sauria: Agamidae). Zootaxa 2715(1): 36–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2715.1.2 Reference page. 
• Wagner, P. & Bauer, A. 2011. A new dwarf Agama (Sauria: Agamidae) from Ethiopia. Breviora 527(1): 1–19. BHL Reference page. 
• Geniez, P., Padial J.M. & Crochet, P.-A. 2011. Systematics of north African Agama (Reptilia: Agamidae): a new species from the central Saharan mountains. Zootaxa 3098(1): 26–46. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3098.1.3 Reference page. 
• 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. PDF. Reference page. 
• Mediannikov, O., Trape, S., & Trape, J.-F. 2012. A Molecular Study of the Genus Agama (Squamata: Agamidae) in West Africa, with Description of Two New Species and a Review of the Taxonomy, Geographic Distribution, and Ecology of Currently Recognized Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(2): 115–142. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2012-19-2-115-142 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Bauer, A.M., Wilms, T.M., Barts, M. & Böhme, W. 2012. Miscellanea accrodontia: notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(2): 177–189. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2012-19-2-177-189 [nonfunctional] Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Leaché, A.D., Mazuch, T. & Böhme, W. 2013. Additions to the lizard diversity of the Horn of Africa: Two new species in the Agama spinosa group. Amphibia-Reptilia 34(3): 363–387. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-00002897 Reference page. 
• Wagner, P. 2014. A new cryptic species of the Agama lionotus complex from south of the Ngong Hills in Kenya. Salamandra 50(4): 187–200. PDF Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Wagner, P., Linkem, C.W., Böhme, W., Papenfuss, T.J., Chong, R.A., Lavin, B.R., Bauer, A.M., Nielsen, S.V., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., El Din, S.B., Lemmon, A.R. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. A hybrid phylogenetic-phylogenomic approach for species tree estimation in African Agama lizards with applications to biogeography, character evolution, and diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 79: 215–230. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.013 Reference page. 
• Leaché, A.D., Grummer, J.A., Miller, M., Krishnan, S., Fujita, M.K., Böhme, W., Schmitz, A., LeBreton, M., Ineich, I., Chirio, L., Ofori-Boateng, C., Eniang, E.A., Greenbaum, E., Rödel, M.O. & Wagner, P. 2016. Bayesian inference of species diffusion in the West African Agama agama species group (Reptilia, Agamidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 15(3): 192–203. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1238018 Reference page. 
• Malonza, P.K., Spawls, S., Finch, B. & Bauer, A.M. 2021. A new of species of the Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Kenya. Zootaxa 4920(4): 543–553. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agama . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2018.
• Agama – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Koggelmanders
English: Agamas
suomi: Agamat
Türkçe: Kaya keleri

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