Agama mossambica Peters, 1854

Bittencourt-Silva, Gabriela B., Bayliss, Julian & Conradie, Werner, 2020, First herpetological surveys of Mount Lico and Mount Socone, Mozambique, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 247) 14 (2), pp. 198-217 : 207

Agama mossambica Peters, 1854

Mozambique Agama

Material. MULIQUELA RIVER CROSSING: BMNH 2019.2898 ; MOUNT LICO (base): PEM R23936 ; MOUNT SOCONE (base): BMNH 2019.2896 – 97 , PEM R23944–45 . Identification. Males have blue heads, dark throats, and dorsum with mid-dorsal paired darker dashes (not blotches) along the vertebral crest ( Fig. 4B ). Comments. Found around the tea plantation and the edge of Eucalyptus plantations. Individuals were observed basking in open areas.

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Fig. 4. Reptiles from Mount Lico and Mount Socone, northern Mozambique. (A) Agama kirkii; (B) A. mossambica; (C) Chamaeleo dilepis; (D) Rhampholeon tilburyi; (E) Trioceros melleri; (F) Platysaurus maculatus; (G) Lygodactylus sp.; (H) Melanoseps ater; (I) Panaspis aff. maculicollis; (J) Dasypeltis scabra; (K–L) Philothamnus macrops; (M–N) Naja subfulva; (O) Boaedon fuliginosus.