Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Species
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|Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama
|Acanthocercus adramitanus <br/> (Anderson, 1896)
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|Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama
|Acanthocercus annectans <br/> (Blanford, 1870)
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|black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama
|Acanthocercus atricollis <br/> (A. Smith, 1849)
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|Acanthocercus branchi <br/> Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012
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|Zambia
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|Acanthocercus ceriacoi <br/> Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022
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|Falk's blue-headed tree agama
|Acanthocercus cyanocephalus <br/> (Falk, 1925)
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|black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama
|Acanthocercus cyanogaster <br/>(Rüppell, 1835)
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|black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama
|Acanthocercus gregorii <br/> (Günther, 1894)
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|Peter's ridgeback agama
|Acanthocercus guentherpetersi <br/> Largen & Spawls, 2006
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|Kivu blue-headed tree agama
|Acanthocercus kiwuensis <br/> (Klausewitz, 1957)
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|Acanthocercus margaritae <br/> Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021
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| Namibia and Angola
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|black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama
|Acanthocercus minutus <br/> (Klausewitz, 1957)
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|Phillips' ridgeback agama
|Acanthocercus phillipsii <br/> (Boulenger, 1895)
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|Uganda blue-headed tree agama
|Acanthocercus ugandaensis <br/> (Klausewitz, 1957)
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|Acanthocercus yemensis <br/> (Klausewitz, 1954)
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.
References
Further reading
- (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).
External links
- (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.