Acanthocercus

Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Species

Common name<ref name=RDB/>	Scientific name<ref name=RDB>Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database.</ref>	IUCN Red List Status	Distribution	Picture
Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama	Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896)	Template:IUCN status<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>	File:Acanthocercus adramitanus distribution.png	File:Acanthocercus in Yemen 2006.jpg
Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama	Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870)	Template:IUCN status<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>	File:Acanthocercus annectens distribution.png	File:Acanthocercus annectens.jpg
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama	Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849)	Template:IUCN status<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>	File:Acanthocercus atricollis distribution.png	File:Southern Tree Agama 2348840851 rotated.png
	Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012		Zambia	File:Acanthocercus branchi 2.jpg
	Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022
Falk's blue-headed tree agama	Acanthocercus cyanocephalus (Falk, 1925)			File:Acanthocercus cyanocephalus 86945998.jpg
black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama	Acanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835)	Template:IUCN status<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>	File:Acanthocercus cyanogaster distribution.png	File:Blue-bellied Ridgeback Agama - Acanthocercus cyanogaster.jpg
black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama	Acanthocercus gregorii (Günther, 1894)
Peter's ridgeback agama	Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006
Kivu blue-headed tree agama	Acanthocercus kiwuensis (Klausewitz, 1957)
	Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021		Namibia and Angola
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama	Acanthocercus minutus (Klausewitz, 1957)
Phillips’ ridgeback agama	Acanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895)			File:Acanthocercus phillipsii.jpg
Uganda blue-headed tree agama	Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957)
	Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954)	Template:IUCN status<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref>	File:Acanthocercus yemensis distribution.png

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.

Further reading

• Template:Aut (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).

External links

• Template:Aut (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.