Agama hartmanni

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Agama hartmanni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Agama
Species:
A. hartmanni
Binomial name
Agama hartmanni
W. Peters, 1869
Synonyms [2]

Agama hartmanni, also known commonly as Hartmann's agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. It is a small lizard native to northeastern Africa.

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Etymology

The specific name, hartmanni, is in honor of German anthropologist Karl Eduard Robert Hartmann (1832–1893). [3]

Geographic range

A. hartmanni is found in Eritrea, Sudan, and South Sudan. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. hartmanni are rocky desert, shrubland, and savanna. [1]

Description

Medium-sized for its genus, A. hartmanni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), and a total length (including tail) of 23 cm (9.1 in). [2]

Reproduction

A. hartmanni is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Spawls S (2021). "Agama hartmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021. IUCN: e.T197430A2482688. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T197430A2482688.en .
  2. 1 2 3 4 Agama hartmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. 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 hartmanni, p. 117).

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