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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Atlasagame 
SynonymAgama bibronii DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 101 (non Trapelus bibronii FITZINGER 1843)
Agama colonorum var. impalearis BOETTGER 1874: 132
Agama colonorum subsp. fritschi BOETTGER 1874: 134
Agama bibronii — BOULENGER 1885: 357
Agama bibronii — WERNER 1931
Agama impalearis — MERTENS 1955
Agama bibroni — BONS 1959
Agama bibronii — JOHANN 1981
Agama impalearis — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 285
Agama impalearis — IBRAHIM 2008
Agama bibronii — DENZER 2021 
DistributionMorocco, Western Sahara, N Algeria, Mauritania ?

Type locality: Maroc (bibronii)
Type locality: Marocco (impalearis)  
Reproductionoviparous. Exhibits temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Cornejo-Páramo et al. 2020 (and references therein). 
TypesLectotype: SMF 10118 (formerly 4357b) 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after WERMUTH 1967. Denzer argued that the correct name for this taxon has to be A. bibronii: the ICZN rendered Fitzinger’s name Trapelus (Psammorrhoa) bibronii unavailable, so that the replacement name Agama impalearis became an unjustified nomen substitutum. Therefore, the valid name for the North African rock agama is Agama bibronii A. Duméril in Duméril & Duméril, 1851.

Illustration in BARTS & WILMS 2003.

Populations from Malawi, Niger, Chad, Mali, SW Libya belong to A. agama (IUCN 2007, SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008) 
EtymologyNamed after Gabriel Bibron (1806-1848), French zoologist. 
References
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