Agama turuensis LOVERIDGE, 1932

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	G: Ostafrikanische Siedleragame
Synonym	Agama agama turuensis LOVERIDGE 1932: 376 Agama planiceps turuensis — LOVERIDGE 1936 Agama turuensis — WERMUTH 1967 Agama turuensis — WAGNER et al. 2008 Agama turuensis — SPAWLS et al. 2018: 230
Distribution	Tanzania (probably from the Kenyan Nguruman Escarpment through the Ngorongoro area to mountains in the Dodoma area in Tanzania). Type locality: Unyanganyi, east of Singida, Tanzania
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ R-30686
Diagnosis
Comment	Agama turuensis is a medium-sized agama resembling species like A. lionotus or A. mwanzae (and which used to be synonymized with Agama lionotus elgonis). It is characterized by the unique blue to brownish colouration of breeding males in addition to the remarkable throat pattern whereas the females and non-dominant males retain a characteristic juvenile pattern, like many taxa of the genus Agama.
References	Loveridge, A. 1932. New reptiles and amphibians from Tanganyika Territory and Kenya Colony. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard 72: 375-387 - get paper here Spawls, Steve; Kim Howell, Harald Hinkel, Michele Menegon 2018. Field Guide to East African Reptiles. Bloomsbury, 624 pp. - get paper here Wagner, P. 2008. Neues von afrikanischen Agamen. Iguana Rundschreiben 21 (1): 13 Wagner, P. 2014. A new cryptic species of the Agama lionotus complex from south of the Ngong Hills in Kenya. Salamandra 50 (4): 187-200 - get paper here Wagner, P.; Krause, P. & Böhme, W. 2008. Studies on African Agama III. Resurrection of Agama agama turuensis Loveridge, 1932 (Squamata: Agamidae) from synonymy and elevation to species rank. Salamandra 44 (1): 35-42 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Agama turuensis - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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