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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Southern African Rock Agama 
SynonymAgama atra DAUDIN 1802: 349
Agama ater — GRAY 1831
Saura spinalis (partim) WAGLER 1833 (nom. subst. pro Agama atra)
Agama atra — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 493
Phrynopsis atra — FITZINGER 1843f
Agama atra — BOULENGER 1885: 352
Agama atra — BOETTGER 1886: 12
Agama micropholis MATSCHIE 1891
Agama microterolepis BOULENGER 1896: 22
Agama holubi BOCAGE 1896 (syn. fide FITZSIMONS 1943)
Agama holubi — GOUGH 1909
Agama atra — BOULENGER & POWER 1921: 273
Agama atra var. rudis BOULENGER & POWER 1921: 282
Agama atra atra — AUERBACH 1987: 96
Agama atra — MACEY et al. 2000
Agama atra — BATES et al. 2014: 306
Agama atra — SCHLEICHER 2020 
DistributionRepublic of South Africa (Eastern Cape), Swaziland, S Namibia, S Botswana

Type locality: unknown. Designated as “South Africa” by FITZSIMONS 1943.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: MNHN-RA 2604-2605, MNHN-RA 2604A and MNHN-RA 2605A (syntypes reported from BMNH are in error, fide I. Ineich, pers. comm.)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.94-96 (95.10.19.57) [microterolepis]
Lectotype: ZMB 42887 (designated by DENZER et al. 1997), ad. Ex., "Mpome", leg. A. & M. Krothe. Paralectotype: ZMB 42888, juv. Ex., same as lectotype; Terra typica: Mpome, Transvaal [micropholis] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy partly after WERMUTH 1967 and P. Wagner (pers. comm., 24 Oct 2011).

Subspecies: MATTHEE & FLEMMING 2002 and WAGNER et al. (2009) elevated A. a. knobeli to full species status. 
EtymologyNamed after its color, Latin “ater, atra, atrum” = dark or black. 
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