Acanthocercus

Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species

Common name	Scientific name	IUCN Red List Status	Distribution	Picture
Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama	Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896)	Template:IUCN status	File:Acanthocercus adramitanus distribution.png	File:Acanthocercus in Yemen 2006.jpg
Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama	Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870)	Template:IUCN status	File:Acanthocercus annectens distribution.png	File:Acanthocercus annectens.jpg
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama	Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849)	Template:IUCN status	File:Acanthocercus atricollis distribution.png	File:Southern Tree Agama 2348840851 rotated.png
	Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012		Zambia	File:Acanthocercus branchi 2.jpg
	Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022
Falk's blue-headed tree agama	Acanthocercus cyanocephalus (Falk, 1925)			File:Acanthocercus cyanocephalus 86945998.jpg
black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama	Acanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835)	Template:IUCN status	File:Acanthocercus cyanogaster distribution.png	File:Blue-bellied Ridgeback Agama - Acanthocercus cyanogaster.jpg
black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama	Acanthocercus gregorii (Günther, 1894)
Peter's ridgeback agama	Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006
Kivu blue-headed tree agama	Acanthocercus kiwuensis (Klausewitz, 1957)
	Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021		Namibia and Angola
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama	Acanthocercus minutus (Klausewitz, 1957)
Phillips' ridgeback agama	Acanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895)			File:Acanthocercus phillipsii.jpg
Uganda blue-headed tree agama	Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957)
	Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954)	Template:IUCN status	File:Acanthocercus yemensis distribution.png

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.

Further reading

• Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).

External links

• Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.