Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820

Marques, Mariana P., Parrinha, Diogo, Lopes-Lima, Manuel, Tiutenko, Arthur, Bauer, Aaron M. & Ceríaco, Luis M. P., 2024, An island in a sea of sand: a first checklist of the herpetofauna of the Serra da Neve inselberg, southwestern Angola, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 167-217 : 167-217

Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820

Fig. 9 e

Records.

Maylowe [- 13.8342, 13.2767, 803 m] ( CAS 266138, 266139).

Comments.

Agama aculeata is a ground-dwelling agamid commonly found in higher altitudes in southern Angola ( Marques et al. 2018). In Namibe Province the species is restricted to areas closely associated with inselbergs and with the Great Escarpment, being replaced by A. anchietae in lower altitudes ( Marques et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 9. a Trachylepis chimbana b Trachylepis huilensis c Trachylepis laevis d Chamaeleo dilepis e Agama aculeata f Agama schacki (male) g Agama schacki (female) h Afrotyphlops schlegeli petersii. Photographs by AT (a, c, d, f, g) and LMPC (b, e, h).