Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Agamidae > Agama > Agama planiceps

Agama planiceps (Namib Rock Agama)

Synonyms: Agama planiceps schacki

Wikipedia Abstract

The Namib rock agama (Agama planiceps) is a species of agamid lizard that is native to granite rocky outcrops in northwestern Namibia and southwestern Angola.
View Wikipedia Record: Agama planiceps

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  75 grams
Birth Weight [1]  1 grams
Male Weight [1]  100 grams
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 4 months
Male Maturity [1]  2 years
Gestation [1]  54 days
Litter Size [1]  8
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  1 year
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.331 inches (11 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Saxicolous

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Etosha National Park II 5699141 Namibia  
Namib-Naukluft National Park II 12585619 Namibia  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Oochoristica truncata <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0