The tropical spiny agama, northern ground agama, or Peter's ground agama (Agama armata) is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. The species is found in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), southwestern Kenya, and central Tanzania.[1]
Description
A small ground-dwelling agama, it reaches a length of 22 cm and is coloured grey, brown, or red with pale crossbars along the vertebral pale stripe. Displaying males' heads are coloured green or blue.[2]
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Agama armata displaying on rock, Soutpansberg, South Africa -
Full view, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
References
- ^ Agama armata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Spawls, S., Howell, K.M. & Drewes, R.C., Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, Princeton:Princeton University Press, 2006.
External links
- Agama armata, Calphotos
- Agama armata, GBIF
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