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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAgama lionotus elgonis LÖNNBERG 1922
Agama lionotus lionotus BOULENGER 1896 
Common NamesG: Ostafrikanische Siedleragame 
SynonymAgama agama lionotus BOULENGER 1896: 214
Agama lionotus — LÖNNBERG 1922: 3
Agama lionotus usambarae BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1928
Agama agama usambarica BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1928
Agama colonorum usambarae BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1928
Agama agama usambarae — LOVERIDGE 1936: 55
Agama agama usambarae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 11
Agama agama usambarae — CIMATTI 2006
Agama lionotus usambarae — BÖHME et al. 2005
Agama lionotus lionotus — BÖHME et al. 2005
Agama lionotus — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 225

Agama agama elgonis LÖNNBERG 1922
Agama elgonis LÖNNBERG 1922: 2
Agama agama elgonis — MERTENS 1938
Agama agama elgonis — LOVERIDGE 1957: 195
Agama agama elgonis — WERMUTH 1967: 4
Agama agama elgonis — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 11
Agama lionotus elgonis — BÖHME et al. 2005 
DistributionTanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia

elgonis: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania. Type locality: Mount Elgon (elevation: 6500-8500 feet), Kenya.

lionotus: Uganda, Kenya. Type locality: Southeast of Lake Rudolf, Gallaland (= Kenya)

usambarae: Tanzania (Usambara Mountains). Type locality: Soni, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.28.8
Syntypes: MCZ [elgonis]
Holotype: MCZ 24129, paratype: ZMH [usambarae] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Agama agama usambarae has been synonymized with A. lionotus by WAGNER 2007. Agama agama turuensis LOVERIDGE 1932 has been revalidated by WAGNER et al. 2008.

Distribution: see map in Kissling et al. 2016: Fig. 1.

Illustration: Figure 148 in Largen & Spawls 2010 (not A. agama as indicated, fide Wagner 2011, Salamandra 47: 61). 
References
  • Böhme, W.; Wagner, P.; Malonza, P.; Lötters, S & Köhler, J. 2005. A new species of the Agama agama group (Squamata: Agamidae) from Western Kenya, East Africa, with comments on Agama lionotus Boulenger 1896. Russ. J. Herpetol. 12 (2): 143-150 (83-90?) - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1896. Second Report on the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during his Expedition to Lake Rudolf. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1896: 212-217 - get paper here
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  • Grubermann, M. 2013. Einige fotografische Beobachtungen an Agamen in Kenia, Tansania, Malawi, Südafrika und Namibia. Iguana 26 (1): 23-33
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  • Laurent, R. 1947. Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de belgique. Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Belg. 23 (16): 1-12
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