Agama boueti

Agama boueti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Agama
Species:	A. boueti
Binomial name
	Agama boueti; Chabanaud, 1917

Last updated July 04, 2025

Agama boueti, also known commonly as the Mali agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.^[2]

Geographic range

A. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. boueti are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas.^[1]

Description

A small lizard,^[3]A. boueti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.7 cm (3.0 in), and a total length (including a long tail) of 22.2 cm (8.7 in).^[4]

Diet

A. boueti preys upon grasshoppers, ants, beetles, and other small arthropods. It also eats succulent plants.^[1]

Reproduction

A. boueti is oviparous.^[3]

References

1 2 3 Wilms, Thomas [in German]; Niagate, Bourama [in German]; Wagner, Philipp [in German] (2013). "Agama boueti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species : e.T170368A15660336. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T170368A15660336.en .
↑ 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 boueti, p. 33).
1 2 3 Agama boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
↑ Chabanaud (1917).

Böhme W, Heath J (2018). "Amphibian and Reptilian records from south-central Mali and western Burkina Faso". Bonn zoological Bulletin67 (1): 59–69. (Agama boueti, p. 67, Figure 12).
Chabanaud P (1917). "Énumération des Reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris23: 83–105. (Agama boueti, new species, pp. 85–87). (in French).
Mediani M, Chevalier F (2016). "Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917: new to the herpetofauna of Morocco and the northwesternmost record of the species". Herpetozoa28 (3/4): 187–191.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Wilms, Thomas [in German]; Niagate, Bourama [in German]; Wagner, Philipp [in German] (2013). "Agama boueti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species : e.T170368A15660336. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T170368A15660336.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 boueti, p. 33).

[RDB-3] 1 2 3 Agama boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.

[4] Chabanaud (1917).

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