Talk:Agama agama
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Promotion of subspecies
[edit]The representatives of the genus in West Africa have been reviewed and revised by Mediannikov et al. (2012) A Molecular Study of the Genus Agama (Squamata: Agamidae) in West Africa, with Description of Two New Species and a Review of the Taxonomy, Geographic Distribution, and Ecology of Currently Recognized Species. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(2). According to these authors, A. africana is a valid species. This Wikipedia article is therefore in need of revision, but I don't have access to the article to do the work (sorry about that) — GRM (talk) 22:13, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
- I have done what I can—GRM (talk) 19:15, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
What does it mean?
[edit]The females and juveniles are always more cryptically marked. Francis Hannaway (talk) 17:28, 16 November 2014 (UTC)
- Males are typically boldly coloured, with orange-red heads and yellow and orange-red bands on their tails. Females and juveniles are typically brown with some green and orange markings (former on head, latter on body). Thus, in many circumstances, the females and juveniles are less obvious to observers (including predators) than the males—GRM (talk) 17:46, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
Distribution?
[edit]If A. picticauda is to be considered distinct from Agama agama, then then latter (i.e. this page) needs to be revised in terms of distribution—GRM (talk) 17:42, 12 April 2025 (UTC)