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Acanthocercus ugandaensis (KLAUSEWITZ, 1957)

IUCN Red List - Acanthocercus ugandaensis - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Uganda Blue-headed tree agama
G: Uganda-Blaukehlagame 
SynonymAgama atricollis ugandaensis KLAUSEWITZ 1957: 169
Agama atricollis ugandaensis — WERMUTH 1967: 9
Acanthocercus ugandaensis — WAGNER et al. 2018: 810 
DistributionUganda, Tanzania

Type locality: Uganda.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 11904 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Klausewitz 1957: 169


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CommentDistribution: See map in Wagner et al. 2018: 808 (Fig. 16). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Babyesiza, Sadic Waswa; Mathias Behangana, Holly Oliver Akello, Michael Opige, Richard Ssemmanda, Fabio Petrozzi & Luca Luiselli 2026. Spatio-temporal patterns of herpetofaunal diversity and their relationship with rainfall in wetlands under oil and gas development in the Northern Albertine Rift, East Africa. Wetlands Ecol Manage 34, 33 (2026) - get paper here
  • Behangana, M., Katumba, R., Muheebwa, J., Byaruhanga, A., & Luiselli, L. 2026. Investigating diversity patterns and community dynamics of herpetofauna communities in a small Afrotropical wetland, Uganda. Herpetological Journal 36(2): 111-124 - get paper here
  • Klausewitz, W. 1957. Eidonomische Untersuchungen über die Rassenkreise Agama cyanogaster und Agama atricollis. 2. Die Unterarten von Agama atricollis. Senckenbergiana biologica 38: 157-174
  • Wagner, Philipp; Eli Greenbaum, Aaron M Bauer, Chifundera Kusamba & Adam D Leaché 2018. Lifting the blue-headed veil – integrative taxonomy of the Acanthocercus atricollis species complex (Squamata: Agamidae). African Journal of Herpetology - get paper here
  • Wermuth, Heinz 1967. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Agamidae. Das Tierreich 86: 1-127
 
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