Agama boueti explained
Agama boueti, also known commonly as the Mali agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who was a French ornithologist and physician.[1]
Geographic range
A. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of A. boueti are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas.
Description
A small lizard, A. boueti may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.7cm (03inches), and a total length (including a long tail) of 22.2cm (08.7inches).[2]
Diet
A. boueti preys upon grasshoppers, ants, beetles, and other small arthropods. It also eats succulent plants.
Reproduction
A. boueti is oviparous.
Further reading
- Böhme W, Heath J (2018). "Amphibian and Reptilian records from south-central Mali and western Burkina Faso". Bonn zoological Bulletin 67 (1): 59–69. (Agama boueti, p. 67, Figure 12).
- Chabanaud P (1917). "Énumération des Reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 23: 83–105. (Agama boueti, new species, pp. 85–87). (in French).
- Mediani M, Chevalier F (2016). "Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917: new to the herpetofauna of Morocco and the northwesternmost record of the species". Herpetozoa 28 (3/4): 187–191.
Notes and References
- [Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]
- [Paul Chabanaud|Chabanaud]
