Xenagama wilmsi

Xenagama wilmsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Xenagama
Species:
X. wilmsi
Binomial name
Xenagama wilmsi
Wagner [de], Mazuch, & Bauer, 2013

Xenagama wilmsi, the Wilms' agama, shield-tail agama, or turnip-tail agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, wilsmi, is in honor of Dr. Thomas M. Wilms "in recognition of his important contributions to North African and Arabian reptiles in general and the spiny-tailed agamid genera Uromastyx and Saara in particular".[2]

Geographic range

X. wilmsi is found in Ethiopia[1][2][3] and Somalia.[1]

Reproduction

X. wilmsi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ a b c Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama wilmsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44647819A44647821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T44647819A44647821.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Xenagama wilmsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 March 2022.
  3. ^ Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4