Acanthocercus

Acanthocercus is an genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

Acanthocercus
Acanthocercus atricollis,
southern tree agama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Agaminae
Genus: Acanthocercus
Fitzinger, 1843

Species
Common name[1] Scientific name[1] IUCN Red List Status Distribution Picture
Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama Acanthocercus adramitanus
(Anderson, 1896)		 LC IUCN[2]
Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama Acanthocercus annectans
(Blanford, 1870)		 LC IUCN[3]
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama Acanthocercus atricollis
(A. Smith, 1849)		 LC IUCN[4]
Acanthocercus branchi
Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012		 Zambia
Falk's blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus cyanocephalus
(Falk, 1925)
black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama Acanthocercus cyanogaster
(Rüppell, 1835)		 LC IUCN[5]
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama Acanthocercus gregorii
(Günther, 1894)
Peter's ridgeback agama Acanthocercus guentherpetersi
Largen & Spawls, 2006
Kivu blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus kiwuensis
(Klausewitz, 1957)
black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama Acanthocercus minutus
(Klausewitz, 1957)
Phillips’ ridgeback agama Acanthocercus phillipsii
(Boulenger, 1895)
Uganda blue-headed tree agama Acanthocercus ugandaensis
(Klausewitz, 1957)
Acanthocercus yemensis
(Klausewitz, 1954)		 LC IUCN[6]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.

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References
  1. Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database.
  2. "Acanthocercus adramitanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. "Acanthocercus annectans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. "Acanthocercus atricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "Acanthocercus cyanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. 2009. Retrieved June 18, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. "Acanthocercus yemensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. 2012. Retrieved June 18, 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading
  • Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.
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