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Agama hulbertorum WAGNER, 2014

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ngong Agama 
SynonymAgama hulbertorum WAGNER 2014
Agama hulbertorum — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 228 
DistributionSC Kenya

Type locality: Elangata Wuas, 26 km bearing 266 (true North) from Kajiado, (1°52’18.7’’ S, 36°33’46.6’’ E), ca 1,300 m elevation.  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: CAS 198880, adult male, collected by M. Cheptumo, P. Matolo & J.V. Vindum on 3.VI.1995. This holotype and name were registered at Zoobank under LISD FA8C667B- C1C4-44B2-8083-F245230C3566. Paratypes: CAS 198908–914, all from Elangata Wuas, 20.8 km bearing 248 (true North) from Kajiado (1°55’38.6’’ S, 36°37’22.0’’ E), collected by M. Cheptumo, P. Matolo & J.V. Vindum on 30.V.1995. CAS 198995–199008, all from Elangata Wuas, Base Camp Sinya Omelok, 20.4 km bearing 247 (true North) from Kajiado (1°55’45.9’’ S, 36°37’41.1’’ E), collected by M. Cheptumo, P. Matolo & J.V. Vindum on 28.V.1995. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small Agama of the A. lionotus complex. It can be identified by the following combination of characters: nasal scale pear-shaped, keeled and tubular; nasal scale in contact with the first canthus scale; nuchal crest minute, consisting of few, indistinctly raised scales; ear opening surrounded by five tufts of spiny scales, with two addition- al tufts on the neck; vertebral scales feebly keeled, dorsal and lateral scales keeled, ventral and gular scales smooth; dorsal and lateral caudal scales keeled, ventral caudal scales smooth; and males with one discontinuous row of precloa- cal pores. Males in nuptial colouration exhibit a red throat, without any pattern, a vertebral stripe, and a narrowly an- nulated blue and white colour pattern on the tail.
 
CommentHabitat: A rupicolous lizard with individuals inhabiting rocky outcrops or solitary larger stones and rocks in an arid landscape with Acacia shrub vegetation.

Behavior: It is diurnal and lives in harem groups of one dominant male and sev- eral females and juveniles (A. Burmann, pers. com. 2006, cited in Wagner 2014). 
References
  • Kwet, Axel 2015. Liste der im Jahr 2014 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2015 (3): 50-64 - get paper here
  • Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
  • Wagner, P. 2014. A new cryptic species of the Agama lionotus complex from south of the Ngong Hills in Kenya. Salamandra 50 (4): 187-200 - get paper here
 
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