Acanthocercus annectens
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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: | Acanthocercus |
| Species: | A. annectans
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870)
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Acanthocercus annectans, the Eritrean rock agama or Eritrean ridgeback agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[2]
Description
[edit]The Eritrean rock agama has irregular black lines and a white line down the centre of the line.[3] It’s scales are small, and it’s head is subtriangular, and flat.[3] It’s nose is blunt, ended by a rostral scale, and the frenal region being depressed.[3] The tail is longer then the body and head, and the chin is covered in small rhomboidal scales decreasing in size.[3]
Habitat and Ecology
[edit]The Eritrean rock agama lives in forests, savannas, inland wetlands, inland cliffs and mountain peaks.[4] They live in loose groups with large males often sharing living spaces.[4] They eat insects and arthropods, most of it being ants.[4]
Conservation
[edit]The species is listed as Least Concern with the species being quite abundant and populations being stable.[4] This species is still threatened by logging and annual and perennial non-timber crops.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Spawls, S., Malonza, P. & Ineich, I. (2018). "Acanthocercus annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170363A20518757. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T170363A20518757.en.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Acanthocercus annectans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d Observations on the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British expedition to that country in 1867-68
- ^ a b c d e "www.iucnredlist.org".
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