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Species of lizard

Agama finchi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Agama
Species: A. finchi
Binomial name
Agama finchi
Böhme, Wagner, Malonza, Lötters &
J. Köhler, 2005

Agama finchi, commonly known as Finch's agama, is a small species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Central Africa and East Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, finchi, is in honor of zoologist Brian W. Finch who discovered this species.

Geographic range

A. finchi is found in the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. finchi is grassland.

Description

Small for its genus, A. finchi does not exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length (including tail).

  • Male Male
  • Male Male
  • Male Male

Reproduction

A. finchi is oviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Agama finchi finchi Böhme et al., 2005
  • Agama finchi leucerythrolaema Wagner et al., 2011

References

  1. ^ Wagner, P.; Safari, I.; Chenga, J. (2021). "Agama finchi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T17450494A17450498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17450494A17450498.en. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama finchi, p. 89).
  3. ^ Agama finchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 October 2021.

Further reading

  • 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. (Agama finchi, new species).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618. (Agama finchi, p. 229).
  • 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. (Agama finchi leucerythrolaema, new subspecies).


Taxon identifiers
Agama finchi


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