Xenagama zonura

Xenagama zonura
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Xenagama
Species:	X. zonura
Binomial name
Xenagama zonura (Boulenger, 1895)

The Ethiopian ridgeback agama (Xenagama zonura), is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa. It is among the largest species of Xenagama, with snout-to-vent length of males up to 84.5mm. ^[2]

Geographic range

X. zonura is endemic to Ethiopia, in elevations between 2000 and 2500m. ^{[3] [4]} Comparatively to other Xenagama species, X. zonura resides at higher elevations. ^[5]

Reproduction

X. zonura is oviparous.

References

1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama zonura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T20877968A20877977. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T20877968A20877977.en . Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. Species Xenagama zonura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109
4. Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
5. Wagner, Philipp & Mazuch, Tomas & Bauer, A.. (2013). An extraordinary tail - integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 51. 10.1111/jzs.12016.