Acanthocercus
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| Acanthocercus atricollis, southern tree agama |
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Acanthocercus
Fitzinger, 1843
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Acanthocercus is an African genus of agamid lizards.
Species
Listed alphabetically by specific name.[1]
- Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) – Anderson's rock agama
- Acanthocercus annectens (Blanford, 1870) – Eritrean rock agama, Eritrean ridgeback agama
- Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849) – southern tree agama, black-necked agama, blue-throated agama
- Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 – Bill's tree agama
- Acanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) – black-necked tree agama
- Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006 – Peter’s ridgeback agama
- Acanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895) – Phillips’ ridgeback agama
- Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954) – Yemen rock agama
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.
References
- ↑ Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database.
Further reading
- Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).
External links
- Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.
