Agama etoshae
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
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| name= Etosha agama
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | last1 = Bauer|first1= A.M.|last2= Becker|first2= F. | title = Agama etoshae | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2020 | page = e.T17450480A17450482 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2020 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T17450480A17450482.en | s2cid = 242925429 | doi-access = free }}
| taxon = Agama etoshae
| authority = McLachlan, 1981{{cite journal|last=McLachlan|first=Geoffrey Roy|year=1981|journal=Cimbebasia (A)|issn=1012-4926|title=Taxonomy of Agama hispida (Sauria: Agamidae) in southern Africa|volume=5|issue=6|pages=219–227}}
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Agama etoshae, known as the Etosha agama,{{Cite book|last=Branch|first=William Roy|author-link=William Roy Branch|title=Bill Branch's Field Guide to the Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa|publisher=Struik Publishers|year=1994|isbn=1868255751|edition=2nd}} is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.{{Cite journal|last1=Hermann|first1=H. -W.|last2=Branch|first2=William Roy|author-link2=William Roy Branch|date=June 2013|title=Fifty years of herpetological research in the Namib Desert and Namibia with an updated and annotated species checklist|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256941643|journal=Journal of Arid Environments|volume=93|pages=94–115|doi=10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.05.003|bibcode=2013JArEn..93...94H |s2cid=49558632 |via=ResearchGate}} It is a small lizard endemic to northern Namibia and sometimes found in southern Angola.{{NRDB species|genus=Agama|species=etoshae|accessdate=20 October 2020}}{{Cite journal|last=Heideman|first=Neil J. L.|date=1997|title=New Distribution Records for Agama etoshae (McLachlan, 1981) in Northern Namibia|s2cid=82752138|journal=Israel Journal of Zoology|volume=43|issue=4|pages=405–407|doi=10.1080/00212210.1997.10688926|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |issn=0021-2210|via=ResearchGate}} The species is believed to use sandy substrate for the construction of burrows.
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Category:Reptiles described in 1981
Category:Agamid lizards of Africa
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