Agama boueti
Agama boueti | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Agama |
Species: | A. boueti |
Binomial name | |
Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917 | |
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Agama boueti, also known commonly as the Mali agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.[2]
Geographic range
A. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. boueti are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas.[1]
Description
A small lizard,[3] A. boueti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.7 cm (3.0 in), and a total length (including a long tail) of 22.2 cm (8.7 in).[4]
Diet
A. boueti preys upon grasshoppers, ants, beetles, and other small arthropods. It also eats succulent plants.[1]
Reproduction
A. boueti is oviparous.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Wilms, Thomas [in German]; Niagate, Bourama [in German]; Wagner, Philipp [in German] (2013). "Agama boueti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: e.T170368A15660336. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T170368A15660336.en.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Agama boueti, p. 33).
- ^ a b c Agama boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Chabanaud (1917).
Further reading
- Böhme W, Heath J (2018). "Amphibian and Reptilian records from south-central Mali and western Burkina Faso". Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (1): 59–69. (Agama boueti, p. 67, Figure 12).
- Chabanaud P (1917). "Énumération des Reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 23: 83–105. (Agama boueti, new species, pp. 85–87). (in French).
- Mediani M, Chevalier F (2016). "Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917: new to the herpetofauna of Morocco and the northwesternmost record of the species". Herpetozoa 28 (3/4): 187–191.
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