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The common agama, red-headed rock agama or rainbow agama (Agama agama) is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa.To clear up centuries of historical confusion based on Linnaeus and other authors, Wagner et al. designated a neotype (numbered ZFMK 15222) for the species, using a previously described specimen from Cameroon in the collection of the ...
Agama (from Sranan Tongo meaning "lizard") is a genus of small-to-moderate-sized, long-tailed, insectivorous Old World lizards. The genus Agama includes at least 37 species in Africa , especially sub-Saharan Africa , where most regions are home to at least one species.
A new study in 2024 from the University of Florida suggests that the invasive lizard found in over 20 counties may indirectly increase the risk of mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus. As Agama picticauda predicates on the also invasive brown anole, it reduces the number of anoles the mosquitoes feed on. This could lead to more ...
Lampropholis delicata, the delicate skink, [2] dark-flecked garden sun skink, [3] garden skink, delicate garden skink, rainbow skink or plague skink, [4] [5] or the metallic skink [6] is native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand and Hawaii where it is commonly found in gardens. [7]
A juvenile female Rainbow Whiptail lizard. Curacao. The rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) is a species of lizard found in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It has also been introduced in Florida and has established populations there. [1] A rainbow whiptail grows up to approximately 12 inches (30.5 cm).
One person posted on Cordray’s Facebook page, “Seen them leaving the ramp with him, one heck of a lizard. Pictures don’t do it justice.” Another said, “That’s a freaking dinosaur!!”
Cnemidophorus gaigei, commonly known as Gaige's rainbow lizard, is a species of teiid lizard endemic to Colombia. [1] References
The African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, formerly Mabuya quinquetaeniata), or rainbow mabuya, is a north-central African species of skink lizard.. T. margaritifera is another closely related skink species that is also called the "rainbow skink" (although it occurs primarily in Eastern Africa); T. margaritifera, overall, possesses more colourful, "rainbow"-like scales (as ...