Xenagama wilmsi, the Wilms' agama, shield-tail agama, or turnip-tail agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.
| Xenagama wilmsi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Xenagama |
| Species: | X. wilmsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenagama wilmsi | |
Etymology edit
The specific name, wilsmi, is in honor of Dr. Thomas M. Wilms "in recognition of his important contributions to North African and Arabian reptiles in general and the spiny-tailed agamid genera Uromastyx and Saara in particular".[2]
Geographic range edit
Reproduction edit
X. wilmsi is oviparous.
References edit
- ^ a b c Spawls, S. (2021). "Xenagama wilmsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T44647819A44647821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T44647819A44647821.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Xenagama wilmsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 March 2022.
- ^ Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN 978-80-905439-0-4