Acanthocercus guentherpetersi

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Acanthocercus guentherpetersi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Acanthocercus
Species:
A. guentherpetersi
Binomial name
Acanthocercus guentherpetersi
Largen & Spawls, 2006

Acanthocercus guentherpetersi, Peter's ridgeback agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. It is a small lizard found in Ethiopia. [2]

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References

  1. Mazuch, T.; Spawls, S. (2019). "Acanthocercus guentherpetersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T20877932A20877934. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20877932A20877934.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Acanthocercus guentherpetersi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.