Agama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918

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 : 395

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scientific name	Agama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918
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Agama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918: 105 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 11 specimens: Togo. Agoé, coll. GHS-W 1311-1316 ; Alédjo, coll. JFT 2309; Notsé, coll. GHS-W 1316-1320.

HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — Agama sankaranica is locally very common in savannah areas, including also coastal sites at about 10 m linear distance from the sea. Females of this species usually nest in sandy spots bordering small paths in savannah grasslands. Agama sankaranica was first cited for Togo by PNAE (2002).

Family CHAMAELEONIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

References

CHABANAUD P. 1918. - Etude complementaire de deux Agama de l'Afrique occidentale et description de quatre especes nouvelles de reptiles de la meme region. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 24: 104 - 112.