Agama aculeata

Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Agamidae/Agama

At a glance

Occurrence records1 294

Data sources6

Biological traits0

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Agama aculeata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 294 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 294 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Agama aculeata, the ground agama, is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae, found in most of sub-Saharan Africa (Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, Southern Angola, Tanzania, Zambia, Eswatini).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Agama aculeata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 294 records

Wild obs. + sensor583

Museum / vouchered711

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 168 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 230≤1 km 138≤10 km 59>10 km 55

482 georeferenced · 101 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor583

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy27% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 23≤10 km 59>10 km 19

107 georeferenced · 604 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence711

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions5 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Teylers Museumlocation not on record	510
CASlocation not on record	63
Cambridge, US	33
MUHNAClocation not on record	15
Brussels, BE	14
Ann Arbor, US	10
Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record	8
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	8
Washington, US	5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
	2
University of Texas at Arlingtonlocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 674 of 711 vouchered records shown · 37 without an institution code

At a glance

Sources6 archives

At a glance

Record type1 294 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions5 of 13 geolocated

Record type1 294 records