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Xenagama batillifera

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Species of lizard

Xenagama batillifera
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Xenagama
Species: X. batillifera
Binomial name
Xenagama batillifera
(Vaillant, 1882)

The Vaillant's strange agama, shield-tail agama or turnip-tail agama (Xenagama batillifera), is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.

Geographic range

X. batillifera is limited to northwestern Somalia and east Ethiopia.

Reproduction

X. batillifera is oviparous.

References

  1. Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama batillifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T17451241A17451277. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T17451241A17451277.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Catalogue of Life - 2011 Annual Checklist :: Species details". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  3. "Xenagama batillifera". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4
  5. Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
Taxon identifiers
Xenagama batillifera


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