Agama bocourti

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Agama bocourti

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Agama
Species:
A. bocourti
Binomial name
Agama bocourti

Agama bocourti, also known commonly as Bocourt's agama, is a small species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[2]

Geographic range

A. bocourti is found in

Gambia and Senegal.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. bocourti is unknown.[1]

Reproduction

A. bocourti is oviparous.[3]

References

Further reading

  • Barts M, Wilms T (2003). "Die Agamen der Welt ". Draco 4 (14): 4–23. (in German).
  • Rochebrune A-T (1884). Faune de la Sénégambie. Paris: Octave Douin. 221 pp. (Agama bocourti, new species, Reptiles Plate XI, figures 3 & 4). (in French).
  • Wermuth H (1967). "Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Retilien. Agamidae". Das Tierreich 86: 1–127. (Agama bocourti, p. 10). (in German).