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Agama rueppelli, commonly known as the arboreal agama or Rüppell's agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to East Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, rueppelli, and one of the common names, Rüppell's agama, are in honor of German naturalist Eduard Rüppell.^[3]

Geographic range

A. rueppelli is found in eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia.

Description

A small brown or reddish agama, A. rueppelli may reach a total length (including tail) of 28 centimetres (11 in). It has darker crossbars down the back, with a pale vertebral stripe.^[4]

References

^ Wagner, P., Spawls, S. & Beraduccii, J. (2021). "Agama rueppelli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T17450922A17450929. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T17450922A17450929.en.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Agama rueppelli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama rueppelli, p. 229).
^ Spawls S, Howell KM, Drewes RC (2006). Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Princeton Pocket Guide Series. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 240 pp. ISBN 978-0691128849.

External links

Agama rueppelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

[1] Wagner, P., Spawls, S. & Beraduccii, J. (2021). "Agama rueppelli". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021. IUCN: e.T17450922A17450929. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T17450922A17450929.en.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] "Agama rueppelli ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama rueppelli, p. 229).

[4] Spawls S, Howell KM, Drewes RC (2006). Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Princeton Pocket Guide Series. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 240 pp. ISBN 978-0691128849.

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