Acanthocercus

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Acanthocercus
File:Southern Tree Agama 2348840851 rotated.png
Acanthocercus atricollis,
southern tree agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Agaminae
Genus: Acanthocercus
Fitzinger, 1843

Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species

Common name[1] Scientific name[1] IUCN Red List Status Distribution Picture
Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama Acanthocercus adramitanus
(Anderson, 1896) 		LC IUCN[2] File:Acanthocercus adramitanus distribution.png File:Acanthocercus in Yemen 2006.jpg
Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama Acanthocercus annectans
(Blanford, 1870) 		LC IUCN[3] File:Acanthocercus annectens distribution.png File:Acanthocercus annectens.jpg
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama Acanthocercus atricollis
(A. Smith, 1849) 		LC IUCN[4] File:Acanthocercus atricollis distribution.png File:Southern Tree Agama 2348840851 rotated.png
Acanthocercus branchi
Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 		Zambia File:Acanthocercus branchi 2.jpg
Acanthocercus ceriacoi
Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022
Falk's blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus cyanocephalus
(Falk, 1925) 		File:Acanthocercus cyanocephalus 86945998.jpg
black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama Acanthocercus cyanogaster
(Rüppell, 1835) 		LC IUCN[5] File:Acanthocercus cyanogaster distribution.png File:Blue-bellied Ridgeback Agama - Acanthocercus cyanogaster.jpg
black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama Acanthocercus gregorii
(Günther, 1894)
Peter's ridgeback agama Acanthocercus guentherpetersi
Largen & Spawls, 2006
Kivu blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus kiwuensis
(Klausewitz, 1957)
Acanthocercus margaritae
Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021 		Namibia and Angola
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama Acanthocercus minutus
(Klausewitz, 1957)
Phillips’ ridgeback agama Acanthocercus phillipsii
(Boulenger, 1895) 		File:Acanthocercus phillipsii.jpg
Uganda blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus ugandaensis
(Klausewitz, 1957)
Acanthocercus yemensis
(Klausewitz, 1954) 		LC IUCN[6] File:Acanthocercus yemensis distribution.png

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ Wilms, T.; Sindaco, R.; Al Jumaily, M.M. (2012). "Acanthocercus adramitanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199598A2605798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199598A2605798.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Spawls, S.; Malonza, P.K.; Ineich, I. (2018). "Acanthocercus annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170363A20518757. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T170363A20518757.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  4. ↑ Spawls, S. (2020). "Acanthocercus atricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110132395A20519412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110132395A20519412.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  5. ↑ Spawls, S.; Menegon, M. (2019). "Acanthocercus cyanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T170365A1312539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T170365A1312539.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Al Jumaily, M.M.; Sindaco, R. (2012). "Acanthocercus yemensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199599A2605872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199599A2605872.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

Further reading

External links

  • Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.
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