| Xenagama zonura | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Xenagama |
| Species: | X. zonura |
| Binomial name | |
| Xenagama zonura (Boulenger, 1895) | |
The Ethiopian ridgeback agama (Xenagama zonura), is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa. It is among the largest species of Xenagama, with snout-to-vent length of males up to 84.5mm.
Geographic range
X. zonura is endemic to Ethiopia, in elevations between 2000 and 2500m. Comparatively to other Xenagama species, X. zonura resides at higher elevations.
Reproduction
X. zonura is oviparous.
References
- Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama zonura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T20877968A20877977. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T20877968A20877977.en. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- Species Xenagama zonura at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109
- Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
- Wagner, Philipp & Mazuch, Tomas & Bauer, A.. (2013). An extraordinary tail - integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 51. 10.1111/jzs.12016.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Xenagama zonura | |
| Agama zonura | |