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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Namib Rock Agama 
SynonymAgama planiceps PETERS 1862: 15
Agama planiceps — BOULENGER 1885: 358
Agama planiceps — BOULENGER 1888
Agama planiceps planiceps — LOVERIDGE 1936: 56
Agama planiceps schacki MERTENS 1938: 433
Agama agama planiceps — MONARD 1951: 131
Agama planiceps planiceps — MERTENS 1955: 57
Agama planiceps schacki — HELLMICH 1957: 47
Agama planiceps schacki — HELLMICH 1957: 52
Agama planiceps — WERMUTH 1967: 20
Agama agama planiceps — LEBRETON 1999
Agama planiceps — KABISCH 2000
Agama planiceps — BARTS & WILMS 2003
Agama schacki — MARQUES et al. 2018
Agama schacki — BUTLER et al. 2019
Agama schacki — BUTLER 2020
Agama schacki — CONRADIE et al. 2022
Agama schacki — MARQUES et al. 2024 
DistributionNamibia (Damaraland, Kaokoveld)

schacki: SW Angola. Type locality: Cubal (900 m. elevation), Province Benguella, Angola.

Type locality: Neu-Barmen, im Hererolande, an der Westküste von Afrika, im 21.° südlicher Breite [= Otjimbingue, Namibia]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZMB 4200-1
Syntype. ZISP 1140, 1 specimen, “Otjimbingue” [Otjimbingwe, Erongo region, Namibia]. Received from ZMB in 1868.
Holotype: SMF 25299 (collector W. Schack) [schacki] 
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CommentSubspecies: Agama planiceps mwanzae is now considered a separate species, A. mwanzae.

Synonymy: Marques et al. 2018: 292 say that a detailed review of the species group is currently being prepared, including a review of planiceps vs. schacki, but to our knowledge nothing had been published by Jan. 2025.

Distribution: see maps in Kissling et al. 2016: Fig. 1 and Marques et al. 2018: 291 (planiceps) and p. 292 (schacki) (Angola). Not in Cameroon (P. Wagner, pers. comm.)

A. planiceps exhibits a striking sexual dimorphism: males have bright red head and a dark blue body while females have a head with light spots on dark base color (see back cover of Iguana-Rundschreiben 1/2006). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “planus” = flat and “-ceps” head. 
References
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  • Baptista NL, António T, Branch WR. 2019. The herpetofauna of Bicuar National Park and surroundings, southwestern Angola: a preliminary checklist. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [Special Section]: 96–130 (e203) - get paper here
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