Agama bocourti

Agama bocourti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Agama
Species:	A. bocourti
Binomial name
Agama bocourti Rochebrune, 1884

Agama bocourti, also known commonly as Bocourt's agama, is a small species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt. ^[2]

Geographic range

Agama bocourti is found in Gambia and Senegal. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Agama bocourti is unknown. ^[1]

Reproduction

Agama bocourti is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Ineich I, Schmitz A (2010). "Agama bocourti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010. IUCN: e.T170367A6770113. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170367A6770113.en .
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 bocourti, p. 29).
3. Agama bocourti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.

Further reading

• Barts M, Wilms T (2003). "Die Agamen der Welt ". Draco4 (14): 4–23. (in German).
• Rochebrune A-T (1884). Faune de la Sénégambie. Paris: Octave Douin. 221 pp. (Agama bocourti, new species, Reptiles Plate XI, figures 3 & 4). (in French).
• Wermuth H (1967). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Retilien. Agamidae". Das Tierreich86: 1–127. (Agama bocourti, p. 10). (in German).