Taxonavigation edit

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 spinosa

Name edit

Agama spinosa Gray, 1831: 57

  • Syntypes (n=3): BMNH XXIV.57.a, ♀, and XXIV.57.c, ♂, collected by J. Burton; BMNH XXIV.57.b, ♂, collected by J.G. Wilkinson.
  • Type locality: “Africa”, restricted to “Egypt” by Denzer & Campbell (2024: 394).

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & Pidgeon, E.. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed. Volume the ninth. The class Reptilia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.: London. 110 pp. (Appendix) BHL Reference page
  • Denzer, W. & Campbell, P.D. 2024. Nomenclatural notes on Agama spinosa Gray, 1831 and Agama aspera Daudin, 1802. Zootaxa 5403(3): 391–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.9   Reference page

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Vernacular names edit

English: Gray’s Agama
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