Agama rueppelli

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Rüppell's agama
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A. ruppelli
Binomial name
Agama ruppelli
(Vaillant, 1882)
Subspecies

A. r. rueppelli (Vaillant, 1882)
A. r. occidentalis (Parker, 1932)
A. r. septentrionalis (Parker, 1932)

Synonyms

Agama vaillanti

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Rüppell's agama or the arboreal agama (Agama ruppelli) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family. The species is found in northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia.

Description

Small brown or reddish agamas, they reach lengths of 28 cm. They have darker crossbars down their backs with a pale vertebral stripe.[1]

References

  1. Spawls, S., Howell, K.M. & Drewes, R.C. Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Princeton:Princeton University Press, 2006.

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