Agama hispida

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| image = Agama hispida 15346589.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal |author=Conradie, W.|author-link=species:Werner Conradie |author2= Bates, M.F.|author2-link=species:Michael F. Bates |author3=de Villiers, A. |author3-link=species:Atherton L. de Villiers |title=Agama hispida |journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |volume=2018 |page=e.T170370A115655794 |publisher=IUCN |date=2018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T170370A115655794.en|doi-access=free }}

| taxon = Agama hispida

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

| synonyms = *Lacerta hispida
{{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}

Trapelus hispidus
{{small|Kaup, 1827}}
Agama hispida
{{small|— Boulenger, 1885}}

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Agama hispida, also known commonly as the common spiny agama, the southern spiny agama, and the spiny ground agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southern Africa. There are two recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

A. hispida is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.{{NRDB species|genus=Agama|species=hispida|access-date=20 October 2020}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. hispida is shrubland.

Description

A. hispida is a small lizard.

Reproduction

A. hispida is oviparous.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Agama hispida hispida {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}
Agama hispida makarikarika {{small|V. FitzSimons, 1932}}

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Agama.

Gallery

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