Agama somalica WAGNER, LEACHÉ, MAZUCH & BÖHME, 2013
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Agama somalica
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Somalian Agama |
| Synonym | Agama somalica WAGNER, LEACHÉ, MAZUCH & BÖHME 2013 Agama somaliensis — KISSLING et al. 2016 (in error) |
| Distribution | NE Somalia Type locality: Las Geel (09°44.914′N; 44°27.393′E; 1131 m), Central Somaliland, Somalia. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZFMK 94230 (field no. 57), subadult male, collected by Tomáš Mazuch on November 29th 2010. Paratypes. CAS 225408-10, 225437-38, adult males from Boroma [= Borama] (09°57′6.6′′N, 43°12′28.8′′E; 142 m), Awdal region, Soma- liland, Somalia, collected by Ted J. Papenfuss on June 8th 2002 [CAS 225410 is the specimen referring to the tissue MVZ 241334]. CAS 225412-13, adult males from 7 km by road N of Boroma [= Borama] (09°59′13.8′′N, 43°07′ 58.8′′ E),Awdal region, Somaliland, Somalia, collected by Ted J. Papenfuss on June 8th 2002 [CAS 225413 is the specimen referring to the tissue MVZ 241335]. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A medium-sized Agama, morphologically similar to A. spinosa. It can be identi- fied by the following combination of characters: nasal scale round, smooth and tubular; nasal scale in contact with the first canthus scale; neck crest long, consists of a high number of distinctly short crest scales; ear hole surrounded by six tufts of spiny scales, with additional three tufts on the neck; vertebral scales smooth to feebly keeled, lateral scales keeled and ventral scales smooth; dorsal tail scales keeled, ventral tail scales smooth; and males with one continuous row of ten to twelve precloacal pores. Additional details (2028 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Somalia, the country of its type locality. |
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