Xenagama wilmsi

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.

Xenagama wilmsi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Xenagama
Species:	X. wilmsi
Binomial name
Xenagama wilmsi Wagner, Mazuch, & Bauer, 2013

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.