Agama aculeata
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| image = Agama aculeata.jpg
| image_caption = in Damaraland, Namibia
| image2 = Ground agama (Agama aculeata) in water.jpg
| image2_caption = in South Africa
| genus = Agama
| species = aculeata
| authority = Merrem, 1820
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
A. a. aculeata Merrem, 1820
A. a. distanti (Boulenger, 1902)
| synonyms = Saura spinalis
Agama infralineata
}}
Agama aculeata, the ground agama, is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Southern Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Eswatini).{{NRDB species|genus=Agama|species=aculeata}}
Description
Snout-to-vent length is 76–100 mm. With a triangular head and rounded snout, this agama is coloured olive to reddish-brown (sometimes grey or yellowish) with a light creamy-white to pink belly. There are four or five paired darker blotches on the back—many smaller blotches continue down the tail. Breeding males become blue on the sides of their heads.Branch, Bill. Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third revised edition. Sanibel Is., Florida:Ralph Curtis Books Publ., 1998.
File:Ground Agama, female.jpg|Female ground agama in Serengeti, Tanzania
File:Lizard - e.JPG|Ground agama in Tanzania
File:Ground Agama (Agama aculeata) (6536937287).jpg
File:Agama aculeata 339725968 (cropped).jpg
File:Western Ground Agama imported from iNaturalist photo 344978458 on 3 December 2024.jpg|Climbing
References
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Category:Agamid lizards of Africa
Category:Reptiles described in 1820
Category:Taxa named by Blasius Merrem
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