| Arboreal Agama or Rüppell's Agama |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. ruppelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Agama ruppelli (Vaillant, 1882) |
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| Subspecies | |
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A. r. rueppelli (Vaillant, 1882) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Agama vaillanti |
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The Rüppell's Agama or Arboreal Agama (Agama ruppelli or Agama rueppelli) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family. The species is found in northern Kenya, Somalia, and eastern Ethiopia.
Small brown or reddish agamas reaching lengths of 28 cm. They have darker crossbars down the back and a pale vertebral stripe.[1]