Agama lebretoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Agama |
| Species: | A. lebretoni
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Agama lebretoni is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to parts of Central Africa and West Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, lebretoni, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Matthew LeBreton.[2]
Description
[edit]Relatively large for the genus Agama, adult males of A. lebretoni exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length (including tail). Males have a red head and nape, and a blue body with a white vertebral stripe. The tail is whitish proximally, then red, then blue distally.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. lebretoni is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.[1][3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of A. lebretoni is open dry forest or savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 650 m (2,130 ft), but it also has been found on buildings in villages.[1]
Reproduction
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wagner P (2021). "Agama lebretoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T17450271A17450275.en. Accessed on 25 December 2024.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama lebretoni, p. 153).
- ^ a b c Agama lebretoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading
[edit]- Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2-7099-1726-1. (Agama lebretoni, pp. 146–147). (in French).
- Wagner P, Barej MF, Schmitz A (2009). "Studies on African Agama VII. A new species of the Agama agama-group" (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Cameroon & Gabon, with comments on Agama mehelyi Tornier, 1902". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (4): 285–297. (Agama lebretoni, new species, pp. 291–295, Figures 2c–d, 3, 4.1).
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