Acanthocercus
Acanthocercus is an genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
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| Acanthocercus atricollis,  southern tree agama  | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Squamata | 
| Suborder: | Iguania | 
| Family: | Agamidae | 
| Subfamily: | Agaminae | 
| Genus: | Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843  | 
Species
    
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| Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama | Acanthocercus adramitanus  (Anderson, 1896)  | 
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| Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama | Acanthocercus annectans  (Blanford, 1870)  | 
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| black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus atricollis  (A. Smith, 1849)  | 
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| Acanthocercus branchi  Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012  | 
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| Acanthocercus ceriacoi  Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022  | 
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| Falk's blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus cyanocephalus  (Falk, 1925)  | 
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| black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus cyanogaster  (Rüppell, 1835)  | 
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| black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus gregorii  (Günther, 1894)  | 
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| Peter's ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus guentherpetersi  Largen & Spawls, 2006  | 
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| Kivu blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus kiwuensis  (Klausewitz, 1957)  | 
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| Acanthocercus margaritae  Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021  | 
Namibia and Angola | ||||
| black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus minutus  (Klausewitz, 1957)  | 
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| Phillips’ ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus phillipsii  (Boulenger, 1895)  | 
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| Uganda blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus ugandaensis  (Klausewitz, 1957)  | 
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| Acanthocercus yemensis  (Klausewitz, 1954)  | 
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.
References
    
- Acanthocercus, The Reptile Database.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 - 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.
 
Further reading
    
- Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).
 
External links
    
- Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.
 
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