Xenagama wilmsi

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

Xenagama wilmsi
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 binomial name, wilsmi, 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 endemic to Ethiopia[3] and Somalia.[4]

Reproduction

X. wilmsi is oviparous.

References
  1. 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. Species Xenagama wilsmi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4
  4. [Herpetology • 2013] Xenagama wilmsi • A New agamid Lizard (Agamidae) from the Horn of Africa, Somalia | An extraordinary tail - integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama. April 17, 2013
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