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East African black mud turtle: Pelusios subniger: East Africa Geometric tortoise: Psammobates geometricus: Cape area of South Africa Leopard tortoise: Stigmochelys pardalis: savannah from Sudan to South Africa [2] Lobatse hinge-back tortoise: Kinixys lobatsiana: Southern Africa: African softshell turtle: Trionyx triunguis: parts of East, West ...
Pages in category "Lizards of Africa" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. ... East African spiny-tailed lizard; F. Fischer's chameleon;
The Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (Agama mwanzae) or the Spider-Man agama, because of its coloration, is a lizard reptile in the family Agamidae, found in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. [2] It lives in semideserts and can often be seen in the heat of the day basking on rocks or kopjes. The male's head, neck, and shoulders are bright red or violet ...
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. Eurasian agamids are largely assigned to genus Laudakia. The various species ...
The Torah states: “The following shall be impure for you among the creeping animals that swarm upon the earth: The weasel, and the mouse, and the dab lizard (tzav) of every variety; and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the skink, and the chameleon” (Leviticus 11:29-30).
The southern rock agama or southern African rock agama (Agama atra) is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae that occurs in Southern Africa in Zambia, South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana. It lives in small colonies on rocky outcrops, and the males are very conspicuous for their bright blue heads.
Other cultures in Africa use lizards, chameleons, frogs and snakes in explanations of their culture and environment. One possible reason for the selection of these types of animals is their changeable natures. Lizards in particular have the ability to regrow their tails, making the lizard a prime candidate for a story about regeneration or rebirth.
This is a list of lizards found in South Africa. Agama armata [1] Bibron's thick-toed gecko; Broadley's flat lizard; Cape dwarf gecko; Cape flat lizard; Cape grass lizard; Common flat lizard; Dwarf flat lizard; Hemicordylus; Lebombo flat lizard; Nile monitor; Nucras caesicaudata; Pachydactylus atorquatus; Pachydactylus austeni; Pachydactylus ...