Agama agama ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Trape, Jean-François, Afiademanyo, Komlan M., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Ohler, Annemarie, Dubois, Alain, David, Patrick, Meirte, Danny, Glitho, Isabelle Adolé, Petrozzi, Fabio & Luiselli, Luca, 2015, Checklist of the lizards of Togo (West Africa), with comments on systematics, distribution, ecology, and conservation, Zoosystema 37 (2), pp. 381-402 : 394

Agama agama ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Lacerta agama Linnaeus, 1758: 207 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 26 specimens: Togo. Agoté, coll. JFT 1729- 1730 ; Agou, MRAC 73014.0001; Alédjo, RMCA 73.009 .R.0070 ; Badou, RMCA 73.009 .R.0069 ; Dapaong, RMCA 73.009 .R.0071 ; Diguengue, coll. JFT 2318; Fazao, coll. JFT 2202; Kéran (Parc national de la Kéran), coll. JFT 2304; Kontoaré, coll. JFT 2303; Lomé, coll. GHS-W 1301-1310; Misa-Höhe, coll. JFT 1714; Notsé, MRAC 73009.0038, 73009.0046 and 73009.0056. Payo, RMCA 73.009 .R.0086 and 73.009.R.0098 .

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This is an anthropophilous species, which is extremely abundant around human settlements. The diet of this species in Lomé was studied by Akani et al. (2013). The Lomé populations showed an insectivorous diet more similar to that of Cotonou ( Benin), also situated in the Dahomey Gap, than to those of the forest towns in Nigeria ( Akani et al. 2013).

NOTES

This species complex was recently reviewed by Mediannikov et al. (2012) and Trape et al. (2012) who demonstrated that specimens from Togo belong to the nominal form. Trape et al. (2012) indicated a scale range of 60-82 at mid-body; the specimens examined by us in Togo fall within this range (68-72). The presence of A. agama in Togo was reported by several authors ( Matschie 1891, 1893; Tornier 1901; Grandison 1956).