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: Agama agama

Name

Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lectotype: ZMUU 32, adult ♂. [designated by Mediannikov, Trape & Trape (2012: 126)]
Type locality: “America” in error, designated as “coast of West Africa, probably Senegal or Ghana” by Mediannikov, Trape & Trape (2012: 124).
Paralectotypes (3): NRM 107, 108 and 112.

Combinations

Lacerta agama Linnaeus, 1758: 207 [original combination]
Agama agama — Andersson, 1900: 11 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Agama colonorum Daudin, 1802: 356 [nomen substitutum pro Lacerta agama Linnaeus, 1758]
Agama occipitalis Gray, 1827: 214
- Syntypes: BMNH.
- Type locality: not stated; designated as “Africa” by Gray (1831: 57).
Agama colonorum var. congica Peters, 1877: 612
- Syntypes: ZMB 9169, 54524 and 67193.
- Type locality: “Chinchoxo (Westafrika)”.
Agama wagneri Trape,, Mediannikov & Trape in Mediannikov, Trape & Trape, 2012: 137 [synonymised by Leaché et al. (2014: 228)]
- Holotype: ZFMK 15222, adult ♂, collected by W. Böhme and W. Hartwig on 14 February 1974.
- Type locality: “Mokolo (10°44’ N 13°47’ E), Cameroon”.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
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.
Gray, J.E. 1827. A description of a new genus and some new species of saurian reptiles; with a revision of the species of chameleons. The Philosophical Magazine. Series II 2(9): 207–214. DOI: 10.1080/14786442708675648 ; BHL Reference page.
Peters, W. 1877. Übersicht der Amphibien aus Chinchoxo (Westafrika), welche von der Africanischen Gesellschaft dem Berliner zoologischen Museum übergeben sind. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877: 611–621. BHL Reference page.
Andersson, L.G. 1900. Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of Linnaeus’s Reptilia in the Royal Museum in Stockholm. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(1): 1–29. BHL 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.
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.

Additional references

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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Agama agama. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2021.
Wilms, T., Wagner, P., Rödel, M.-O., Luiselli, L., Segniagbeto, G., Niagate, B. & Jallow, M. 2021. IUCN: Agama agama (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T172799A1374221. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T172799A1374221.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

Vernacular names

ak: Koterɛ
čeština: Agama osadní
dansk: Regnbuefirben
Deutsch: Siedleragame
eʋegbe: Gletu
English: Red-headed Rock Agama
español: Agama común
فارسی: آگاما آگاما
suomi: Kyläagama
français: Agame des colons
hts: Rokwa(rokwaanda)
magyar: Telepes agáma
italiano: Agama comune
Nederlands: Kolonistenagame
norsk: Regnbueagam
русский: Агама колонистов
slovenčina: Agama osadná
svenska: Vanlig agam
Türkçe: Bayağı kaya keleri
українська: Агама звичайна
Wolof: bët-bëtoor bi
中文: 彩虹飞蜥