Biology:Xenagama wilmsi
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Xenagama wilmsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Xenagama |
| Species: | X. wilmsi
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| Binomial name | |
| 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.
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama wilmsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44647819A44647821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T44647819A44647821.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44647819/44647821. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Xenagama wilmsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 March 2022.
- ↑ Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN:978-80-905439-0-4
Wikidata ☰ Q10945103 entry
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