Xenagama wilmsi
Appearance
Xenagama wilmsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Xenagama |
Species: | X. wilmsi
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Binomial name | |
Xenagama wilmsi |
Xenagama wilmsi, the Wilms' agama, shield-tail agama, or turnip-tail agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, wilsmi, is in honor of Dr. Thomas M. Wilms "in recognition of his important contributions to North African and Arabian reptiles in general and the spiny-tailed agamid genera Uromastyx and Saara in particular".[2]
Geographic range
[edit]X. wilmsi is found in Ethiopia[1][2][3] and Somalia.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]X. wilmsi is oviparous.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama wilmsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44647819A44647821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T44647819A44647821.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Xenagama wilmsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 March 2022.
- ^ Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4