Agama montana BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE, 1928

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Montane rock agama
Synonym	Agama mossambica montana BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1928 Agama mossambica montana — LOVERIDGE 1936: 53 Agama montana — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 11 Agama montana — LANTERMANN & LANTERMANN 2009 Agama montana — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 239
Distribution	Tanzania Type locality: below Bagilo, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 24089
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin “montanus”, meaning “pertaining to mountains.
References	Barbour, T. & LOVERIDGE.A. 1928. A comparative study of the herpetological fauna of the Uluguru and Usambara mountains, Tanzania Territory with descriptions of new species. Mem. Mus. comp. Zool. Cambridge (Massachusetts), 50 (2): 85-265 - get paper here Broadley, D. G. & HOWELL, K. M. 1991. A check list of the reptiles of Tanzania, with synoptic keys. Syntarsus 1: 1—70 Emmrich,D. 1994. Herpetological results from some expeditions to the Nguru mountains, Tanzania. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 70(2): 281-300 - get paper here Lantermann, W. & Lantermann, Y. 2009. Herpetologische Reiseeindrücke aus den Ost-Usambara-Bergen in Tanzania. Elaphe 17 (2): 53-61 Loveridge, A. 1936. African reptiles and amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122 - get paper here Rovero, F., Menegon, M., Fjeldså, J., Collett, L., Doggart, N., Leonard, C., Norton, G., Owen, N., Perkin, A., Spitale, D., Ahrends, A., Burgess, N. D. 2014. Targeted vertebrate surveys enhance the faunal importance and improve explanatory models within the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya and Tanzania. Diversity and Distributions. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12246 - get paper here Spawls, S.; Howell, K.; Drewes, R.C. & Ashe, J. 2002. A field guide to the reptiles of East Africa. Academic Press, 543 pp. [reviews in HR 34: 396 and Afr. J. Herp. 51; 147] - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/2003spring/stories/wildlives.html Google images

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