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Agama  Daudin, 1802
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209050

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Agamas [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyAgamidae  – Old World Arboreal Lizards, Agamid Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyAgaminae   
                                     GenusAgama Daudin, 1802 – Agamas  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820 – Ground Agama 
                                        Species Agama africana (Hallowell, 1844)  
                                        Species Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758) – Red-headed Agama, Common Agama, Rainbow Lizard 
                                        Species Agama anchietae Bocage, 1896 – Anchieta's Agama, Western Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama armata W. C. H. Peters, 1855 – Peter's Ground Agama 
                                        Species Agama atra Daudin, 1802 – Southern Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama bocourti Rochebrune, 1884 – Bocourt's Agama 
                                        Species Agama boensis Monard, 1940  
                                        Species Agama bottegi Boulenger, 1897 – Somali Agama 
                                        Species Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917 – Mali Agama 
                                        Species Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886 – Boulenger's Agama 
                                        Species Agama caudospinosa Meek, 1910 – Elmenteita Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama cristata Mocquard, 1905 – Insular Agama 
                                        Species Agama doriae Boulenger, 1885 – Doria's Agama, Benoue Agama, Nigeria Agama 
                                        Species Agama etoshae Mclachlan, 1981  
                                        Species Agama finchi Böhme, Wagner, Malonza, Lötters and G. Köhler, 2005 – Finch's Agama 
                                        Species Agama gracilimembris Chabanaud, 1918 – Benin Agama 
                                        Species Agama hartmanni W. C. H. Peters, 1869 – Hartmann's Agama 
                                        Species Agama hispida (Kaup, 1827) – Common Spiny Agama, Southern Spiny Agama 
                                        Species Agama hulbertorum Wagner, 2014  
                                        Species Agama impalearis Boettger, 1874  
                                        Species Agama insularis Chabanaud, 1918 – Insular Agama 
                                        Species Agama kaimosae Loveridge, 1935  
                                        Species Agama kirkii Boulenger, 1885 – Kirk's Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama knobeli Boulenger and Power, 1921 – Southern Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama lanzai Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch and Böhme, 2013  
                                        Species Agama lebretoni Wagner, Barej and Schmitz, 2009  
                                        Species Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896  
                                        Species Agama lucyae Wagner and Bauer, 2011  
                                        Species Agama montana Barbour and Loveridge, 1928 – Montane Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama mossambica W. C. H. Peters, 1854 – Mozambique Agama 
                                        Species Agama mucosoensis Hellmich, 1957 – Mucoso Agama 
                                        Species Agama mwanzae Loveridge, 1923 – Mwanza Flat-headed Agama 
                                        Species Agama parafricana S. Trape, Mediannikov and J-F. Trape in Mediannikov, S. Trape and J-F. Trape, 2012  
                                        Species Agama paragama Grandison, 1968 – False Agama 
                                        Species Agama persimilis Parker, 1942 – Painted Agama 
                                        Species Agama planiceps W. C. H. Peters, 1862 – Namib Rock Agama 
                                        Species Agama robecchii Boulenger, 1891 – Robecchi's Agama 
                                        Species Agama rueppelli Vaillant in Révoil, 1882 – Rüppell's Agama 
                                        Species Agama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918 – Senegal Agama 
                                        Species Agama somalica Wagner, Leaché, Mazuch and Böhme, 2013  
                                        Species Agama spinosa Gray, 1831 – Gray's Agama, Spiny Agama 
                                        Species Agama sylvana MacDonald, 1981  
                                        Species Agama tassiliensis Geniez, Padial and Crochet, 2011  
                                        Species Agama turuensis Loveridge, 1932  
                                        Species Agama weidholzi Wettstein, 1932 – Gambia Agama 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Agama    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Agama   
       
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