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  • Rainbow Agama, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Paulo Paixão, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rainbow Agama, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Adedotun Ajibade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rainbow Agama, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Rainbow Agama, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Babajide Agboola, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rainbow Agama, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Christian Grenier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Rainbow Agama, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Paulo Paixão, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Rainbow Agama

Agama agama

Worldwide
1,964 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The common agama, red-headed rock agama, or rainbow agama (Agama agama) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. The species name was formerly applied to a paraphyletic collection of taxa, and mitochondrial DNA analysis of various populations indicates they represent separate species. Consequently, three former subspecies A. a. africana, A. a. boensis, and A. a. mucosoensis are now considered separate species, and A. a. savattieri is considered synonymous...

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