Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
| Acanthocercus | |
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| Acanthocercus atricollis, southern tree agama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 |
Species
| Common name[1] | Scientific name[1] | IUCN Red List Status | Distribution | Picture | |
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| Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama | Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) |
LC IUCN[2] |  |
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| Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama | Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870) |
LC IUCN[3] |  |
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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) |
LC IUCN[4] |  |
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| Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 |
Zambia |  | |||
| 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) |
LC IUCN[5] |  |
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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) |
LC IUCN[6] |  |
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.
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