Agama turuensis LOVERIDGE, 1932
Can you confirm these amateur observations of Agama turuensis?
Agama turuensis
Find more photos by Google images search: 
| 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 | Diagnosis: The males of this new form differ from those of all other races of Agama agama in possessing a black U-shaped marking on the base of their otherwise uniformly brick red throats. Midbody scale rows 78 (range in paratypes 72-82, with an average of 76 for fifty specimens); preanal pores 12 (range 9-14, with an average of 11.3 for thirty-four males; No. 30,691 has a double row of pores, each with 11 but only the posterior row is counted in assessing the average). (Loveridge 1932: 376) |
| Comment | Similar species: A. lionotus or A. mwanzae (which used to be synonymized with Agama lionotus elgonis). |
| Etymology | Loveridge does not explain the name. Apparently named after a place, but we cannot find “Turu” on contemporary maps of Tanzania, at least not near Singida. |
| References |
|
| External links |