Agama lebretoni

Agama lebretoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Agama
Species:
A. lebretoni
Binomial name
Agama lebretoni

Agama lebretoni is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to parts of Central Africa and West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, lebretoni, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Matthew LeBreton.[2]

Description

Relatively large for the genus Agama, adult males of A. lebretoni exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length (including tail). Males have a red head and nape, and a blue body with a white vertebral stripe. The tail is whitish proximally, then red, then blue distally.[3]

Geographic range

A. lebretoni is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. lebretoni is open dry forest or savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 650 m (2,130 ft), but it also has been found on buildings in villages.[1]

Reproduction

A. lebretoni is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Wagner P (2021). "Agama lebretoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17450271A17450275.en. Accessed on 25 December 2024.
  2. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama lebretoni, p. 153).
  3. ^ a b c Agama lebretoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading

  • Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1. (Agama lebretoni, pp. 146–147). (in French).
  • Wagner P, Barej MF, Schmitz A (2009). "Studies on African Agama VII. A new species of the Agama agama-group" (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Cameroon & Gabon, with comments on Agama mehelyi Tornier, 1902". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (4): 285–297. (Agama lebretoni, new species, pp. 291–295, Figures 2c–d, 3, 4.1).



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