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Agama hispida
Species of lizard From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Agama hispida, also known commonly as the common spiny agama, the southern spiny agama, and the spiny ground agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.
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Geographic range
A. hispida is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. hispida is shrubland.[1]
Description
A. hispida is a small lizard.[2]
Reproduction
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Agama hispida hispida (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Agama hispida makarikarika V. FitzSimons, 1932
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Agama.
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