Agama dodomae LOVERIDGE, 1923
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Agama dodomae dodomae LOVERIDGE 1923 Agama dodomae ufipae LOVERIDGE 1932 |
Common Names | E: Dodoma agama G: Ostafrikanische Siedleragame |
Synonym | Agama lionatus var. dodomae LOVERIDGE 1923: 944 Agama agama dodomae — LOVERIDGE 1957: 195 Agama agama dodomae — ROBERTSON et al. 1961 Agama agama dodomae — WERMUTH 1967: 4 Agama agama dodomae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 11 Agama lionotus dodomae — BÖHME et al. 2005 Agama dodomae — WAGNER et al. 2012 Agama lionotus dodomae — GRUBERMANN 2013 Agama dodomae dodomae — WAGNER et al. 2014 Agama dodomae — LETTOW-VORBECK 2016 Agama dodomae — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 227 Agama agama ufipae LOVERIDGE 1932: 377 Agama agama ufipae — LAURENT 1947: 4 Agama agama ufipae — BROADLEY & HOWELL 1991: 11 Agama lionotus ufipae — BÖHME et al. 2005 Agama dodomae ufipae — WAGNER et al. 2014 |
Distribution | Tanzania Type locality: Gwao’s, Dodoma, Ugogo, Tanganyika Territory. ufipae: W Tanzania, Lake Tanganijka. Type locality: Kipili, Ufipa, Tanganyika Territory. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH, paratypes: FMNH 35268, CM 4361-62 Holotype: MCZ 30741 [ufipae] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (ufipae): “The males of this new form differ from those of all other East African races of Agama agama in possessing a wholly blue throat instead of orange, carmine or red. It has an exceptionally high average (series small, however) number of midbody scale rows and number of preanal pores. Approaches A. a. lionotus and A. a. mwanzae in the very obtuse keeling of the dorsal scales of which there are 54 on the vertebral line between the origin of the fore limbs and the origin of the hind limbs; midbody scale rows 84 (range in paratypes 78-84, with an average of 82); upper labials 10; lower labiaIs 9-10 (range 9-11 upper and 9-11 lower); 4th finger a trifle longer than the 3d; preanal pores 15; tail flattened, its strongly spinose and mucronate scales forming annuli.” (Loveridge 1932: 376) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1188 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy: See also A. lionotus of which is was considered a subspecies before. Distribution: see map in Kissling et al. 2016: Fig. 1. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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