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Agama finchi

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Agama finchi
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

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

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The specific name, finchi, is in honor of zoologist Brian W. Finch who discovered this species.[2]

Geographic range

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A. finchi is found in the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda.[1][3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of A. finchi is grassland.[1]

Description

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Small for its genus, A. finchi does not exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length (including tail).[3]

Reproduction

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A. finchi is oviparous.[3]

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d Agama finchi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 October 2021.

Further reading

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  • 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).