Agama agama: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the agama agama lives – recorded in 19 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Agama agama
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	19 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Agamidae

Where does the agama agama live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the agama agama in 19 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the agama agama endangered?

The agama agama’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the agama agama?

The agama agama (Agama agama) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Agamidae, genus Agama. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the agama agama

The common agama or red-headed rock agama (Agama agama) is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa and in Florida where it has spread. To clear up centuries of historical confusion based on Linnaeus and other authors, Wagner et al. designated a neotype (numbered ZFMK 15222) for the species, using a previously described specimen from Cameroon in the collection of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig in Bonn. The species name was formerly applied to a paraphyletic collection of taxa (a so-called wastebasket); subsequent mitochondrial DNA analysis of various populations indicates they represent separate species. Consequently, three former subspecies A. a. africana, A. a. boensis, and A. a. mucosoensis are now considered separate species, and A. a. savattieri is considered synonymous with A. africana.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Agama agama (revision 1363093533), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q770750 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).