Agama hartmanni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. hartmanni
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| Agama hartmanni W. Peters, 1869
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Agama hartmanni, also known commonly as Hartmann's agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. It is a small lizard native to northeastern Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, hartmanni, is in honor of German anthropologist Karl Eduard Robert Hartmann (1832–1893).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. hartmanni is found in Eritrea, Sudan, and South Sudan.[2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of A. hartmanni are rocky desert, shrubland, and savanna.[1]
Description
[edit]Medium-sized for its genus, A. hartmanni may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in), and a total length (including tail) of 23 cm (9.1 in).[2]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Spawls S (2021). "Agama hartmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T197430A2482688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T197430A2482688.en.
- ^ a b c d Agama hartmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama hartmanni, p. 117).
Further reading
[edit]- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669.
- Peters W (1869). "Eine Mittheilung über neue Gattungen und Arten von Eidechsen ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 57–66. (Agama hartmanni, new species, pp. 65–66). (in German and Latin).
- Scortecci G (1928). "Rettili dell'Eritrea esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Milano". Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 67 (3–4): 290–339. (Agama cornii, new species, pp. 318–320, Figure 7). (in Italian).
- Spawls S, Mazuch T, Mohammad A (2023). Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. London, Oxford, New York, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 640 pp. ISBN 978-1472991447.
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