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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Common name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></th><th scope="col">Scientific name<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></th><th scope="col">IUCN Red List Status</th><th scope="col">Distribution</th><th scope="col">Picture</th></tr><tr><td>Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_adramitanus/Xt7AQHzr">Acanthocercus adramitanus</a></i> (<a href="/facts/John_Anderson_(zoologist)/wYLMo5xz">Anderson</a>, 1896)</td><td>LC <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/199598/0">IUCN</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_annectans/kJMSep7y">Acanthocercus annectans</a></i> (<a href="/facts/William_Thomas_Blanford/4mkS2gpM">Blanford</a>, 1870)</td><td>LC <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/170363/0">IUCN</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_atricollis/3aNx0I6n">Acanthocercus atricollis</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Andrew_Smith_(zoologist)/2nn9c6Ht">A. Smith</a>, 1849)</td><td>LC <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/170364/0">IUCN</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_branchi/IkBzqNoy">Acanthocercus branchi</a></i> Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Zambia/lCnlx5a1">Zambia</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_ceriacoi/amGLtXYa">Acanthocercus ceriacoi</a></i> Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Falk's blue-headed tree agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_cyanocephalus/LwAJotXp">Acanthocercus cyanocephalus</a></i> (Falk, 1925)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_cyanogaster/HKUfm1eJ">Acanthocercus cyanogaster</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Eduard_R%25C3%25BCppell/vRog6bge">Rüppell</a>, 1835)</td><td>LC <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/170365/0">IUCN</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_gregorii/Al7DtJrX">Acanthocercus gregorii</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Albert_G%25C3%25BCnther/SQzexVaS">Günther</a>, 1894)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Peter's ridgeback agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_guentherpetersi/e9QDCFHC">Acanthocercus guentherpetersi</a></i> Largen & <a href="/facts/Stephen_Spawls/741DNkyj">Spawls</a>, 2006</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kivu blue-headed tree agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_kiwuensis/AsAUUdvo">Acanthocercus kiwuensis</a></i> (<a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Klausewitz/EyweXFqg">Klausewitz</a>, 1957)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_margaritae/rx9rFRqG">Acanthocercus margaritae</a></i> Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a> and <a href="/facts/Angola/PQrYRHMd">Angola</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_minutus/s01hbcmg">Acanthocercus minutus</a></i> (Klausewitz, 1957)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Phillips’ ridgeback agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_phillipsii/PTNPtgA4">Acanthocercus phillipsii</a></i> (<a href="/facts/George_Albert_Boulenger/s50REt6N">Boulenger</a>, 1895)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uganda blue-headed tree agama</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_ugandaensis/DqkB5MPa">Acanthocercus ugandaensis</a></i> (Klausewitz, 1957)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Acanthocercus_yemensis/r0WRF5lc">Acanthocercus yemensis</a></i> (Klausewitz, 1954)</td><td>LC <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/199599/0">IUCN</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><a href="/facts/Nota_bene/q7trSJUH">Nota bene</a></i>: A <a href="/facts/Binomial_nomenclature/jgBqAhPv">binomial authority</a> in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than <i>Acanthocercus</i>. </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Leopold_Fitzinger/cuQkxDR9">Fitzinger, L.</a> (1843). <i>Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae.</i> Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (<i>Acanthocercus</i>, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li>Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Acanthocercus.html">Genus <i>Acanthocercus</i></a>. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Acanthocercus&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Acanthocercus&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database. <a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Acanthocercus&submit=Search" target="_blank">http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Acanthocercus&submit=Search</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Wilms, T.; Sindaco, R.; Al Jumaily, M.M. (2012). "Acanthocercus adramitanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199598A2605798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199598A2605798.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199598/2605798" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199598/2605798</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Spawls, S.; Malonza, P.K.; Ineich, I. (2018). "Acanthocercus annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170363A20518757. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T170363A20518757.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170363/20518757" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170363/20518757</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Spawls, S. (2020). "Acanthocercus atricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T110132395A20519412. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T110132395A20519412.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/110132395/20519412" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/110132395/20519412</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Spawls, S.; Menegon, M. (2019). "Acanthocercus cyanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T170365A1312539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T170365A1312539.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170365/1312539" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/170365/1312539</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Al Jumaily, M.M.; Sindaco, R. (2012). "Acanthocercus yemensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199599A2605872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199599A2605872.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021. <a href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199599/2605872" target="_blank">https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199599/2605872</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>