Agamidae

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Animalia Chordata Squamata Agamidae
Uganda blue-headed tree agama

Uganda blue-headed tree agama

Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957)

Acanthocercus ugandaensis, the Uganda blue-headed tree agama, is a small agamid lizard found in Uganda and Tanzania.

Southern Tree Agama

Southern Tree Agama

Acanthocercus atricollis (Smith, 1849)

Acanthocercus atricollis is a species found across southern and eastern Africa with seasonal, size-dependent reproduction.

Anderson's Rock Agama

Anderson's Rock Agama

Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896)

Acanthocercus adramitanus is a blue-colored oviparous lizard found in rocky areas of the Arabian Peninsula.

Tuvan Toad-headed Agama

Tuvan Toad-headed Agama

Phrynocephalus versicolor Strauch, 1876

Phrynocephalus versicolor is a small toothed agama lizard found in Mongolia and northern China, living in high-elevation arid open habitats.

Central Asian Toadhead Agama

Central Asian Toadhead Agama

Phrynocephalus guttatus (Gmelin, 1789)

Phrynocephalus guttatus is an oviparous agamid lizard native to southeastern Europe and western Asia, that lives in desert habitats.

Secret Toadhead Agama

Secret Toadhead Agama

Phrynocephalus mystaceus (Pallas, 1776)

Phrynocephalus mystaceus, the toad-headed agama, is an agamid lizard found across parts of central and western Asia, with a distinctive threat display.

Lichtenstein's Toadhead Agama

Lichtenstein's Toadhead Agama

Phrynocephalus interscapularis Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856

Lichtenstein's toadhead agama (Phrynocephalus interscapularis) is an agamid lizard found in five Central and South Asian countries.

Sunwatcher

Sunwatcher

Phrynocephalus helioscopus (Pallas, 1771)

Phrynocephalus helioscopus is an agamid lizard species found across a range of areas in Asia and the Middle East.

Arabian Toad-headed Agama

Arabian Toad-headed Agama

Phrynocephalus arabicus Anderson, 1894

Phrynocephalus arabicus is an agamid lizard species with unique tail coloration, split from four proposed taxa.

Sinai Agama

Sinai Agama

Pseudotrapelus sinaitus (Heyden, 1827)

Pseudotrapelus sinaitus, the Sinai agama, is a small lizard found in arid areas of northeastern Africa and the Middle East.

Aqaba Agama

Aqaba Agama

Pseudotrapelus aqabensis Melnikov, Nazarov, Ananjeva & Disi, 2012

Pseudotrapelus aqabensis, the Aqaba agama, is an agama species native to parts of the Middle East.

Hajar Rock Agama

Hajar Rock Agama

Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi Melnikov, Ananjeva & Papenfuss, 2013

Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi, the east Arabian desert agama, is an agama species native to Oman and the UAE.

Large-scaled Rock Agama

Large-scaled Rock Agama

Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843)

Laudakia nupta is a large oviparous lizard native to western Asia with two distinct described subspecies.

Kashmir Rock Agama

Kashmir Rock Agama

Laudakia tuberculata (Gray, 1827)

Laudakia tuberculata (Gray, 1827) is a lizard that lives in rocky mountain habitats between 790 and 3,660 m elevation.

Egyptian Rock Agama

Egyptian Rock Agama

Laudakia vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1802) Karameta, Lymberakis, Grillitsch, Ilgaz, Avci, Kumlutaş, Candan, Wagner, Sfenthourakis, Pafilis & Poulakakis, 2022

The Egyptian rock agama (Laudakia vulgaris) is an agamid lizard found in parts of West Asia and Northeast Africa.

Roughtail Rock Agama

Roughtail Rock Agama

Stellagama stellio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Stellagama stellio is a shy agamid lizard found in Greece and Turkey, whose dung was traditionally used in medicine and cosmetics.

Caucasian Agama

Caucasian Agama

Paralaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831)

This is a detailed morphological description of the agamid lizard Paralaudakia caucasia.

Himalayan Agama

Himalayan Agama

Paralaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867)

Paralaudakia himalayana is an agamid lizard with distinct morphology, found across Central and South Asia.

Sulawesi Lined Gliding Lizard

Sulawesi Lined Gliding Lizard

Draco spilonotus Günther, 1872

The Sulawesi lined gliding lizard (Draco spilonotus) is an endemic forest lizard of Sulawesi with distinct yellow color markings.

Barred Flying Dragon

Barred Flying Dragon

Draco taeniopterus Günther, 1861

Draco taeniopterus is an agamid lizard species found in four Southeast Asian countries.

Five-lined Flying Dragon

Five-lined Flying Dragon

Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827

Draco quinquefasciatus is an agamid lizard found in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Black-barbed Flying Dragon

Black-barbed Flying Dragon

Draco melanopogon Boulenger, 1887

Draco melanopogon, the black-bearded gliding lizard, is an oviparous arboreal agamid lizard endemic to Southeast Asia.

Orange-winged Flying Lizard

Orange-winged Flying Lizard

Draco maculatus (Gray, 1845)

Draco maculatus is a species of flying lizard found across parts of South and Southeast Asia with distinctive physical characteristics.

Western Ghats Flying Lizard

Western Ghats Flying Lizard

Draco dussumieri Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Draco dussumieri, the southern flying lizard, is an arboreal gliding insect-eating lizard native to southern India.

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