Xenagama
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Xenagama is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of the genus are native to Ethiopia and Somalia.
Species
The following four species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Xenagama batillifera (Vaillant, 1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – beaver-tailed agama, (dwarf) turnip-tailed agama
- Xenagama taylori (Parker, 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – dwarf shield-tailed agama, shield-tailed agama, Taylor's strange agama, turnip-tailed agama
- Xenagama wilmsi Wagner, Mazuch & Bauer, 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Wilms's agama, shield-tail agama, turnip-tail agama
- Xenagama zonura (Boulenger, 1895)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Ethiopian ridgeback agama
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenagama.
References
Further reading
- Parker HW (1935). "Two new Lizards from Somaliland". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Tenth Series 16: 525–529. (Xenagama, new subgenus, p. 525).
- Wagner P, Mazuch T, Bauer AM (2013). "An extaordinary tail – integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51 (2): 144–164.
- ↑ Genus Xenagama at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.