| Tropical Spiny Agama | |
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| Serengeti, Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. armata |
| Binomial name | |
| Agama armata Peters, 1855 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Agama hispida armata |
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The Tropical Spiny Agama (Agama armata) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. The species is found in South Africa, Mosambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), southwestern Kenya, and central Tanzania.[1]
A small ground-dwelling agama reaching a length of 22 cm. Coloured grey, brown or red with pale crossbars along the vertebral pale stripe. Displaying males heads are coloured green or blue.[2]