Agama mwanzae

Loveridge, 1923 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Agamidae/Agama

At a glance

Occurrence records839

Data sources7

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility839 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF839 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 48

01Narrative

The Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (Agama mwanzae) or the Spider-Man agama, because of its coloration, is a lizard reptile in the family Agamidae, found in Tanzania, Rwanda, and Kenya. It lives in semideserts and can often be seen in the heat of the day basking on rocks or kopjes. The male's head, neck, and shoulders are bright red or violet, while the body is dark blue. The female is mostly brown and is difficult to distinguish from female agamas of other species. This lizard is often confused with the red-headed rock agama (Agama agama). Males preferably have around five breeding partners and are highly territorial. Once a male has won over a female, the lizard will perform exotic head bobs and head swinging to court her.Kennedy, A. S., & Kennedy, V. (2014). Animals of the serengeti: And ngorongoro conservation area. Princeton, UNITED STATES: Princeton University Press. The species has become a fashionable pet due to the male's coloration, which resembles the comic-book superhero Spider-Man.

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02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Size & morphology3

Body mass100 g

Body mass (male)100 g

SVL12.45 cm

Life cycle & reproduction8

Age at maturity (male)730 days

Age at sexual maturity487 days

Egg mass0.94 g

Incubation54 days

Litter size7.5

Litters per year2 /year

Max. longevity15.6 months

Neonate mass0.64 g

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 mwanzae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Agama mwanzae carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 48 n = 24

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 481×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

07Deep time~6.48 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin6.48 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type839 records

Wild obs. + sensor831

Museum / vouchered8

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 416 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 accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 207≤1 km 169≤10 km 95>10 km 203

674 georeferenced · 157 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor831

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 4

5 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence8

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 institutions1 of 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CASlocation not on record	4
	2

2 institutions · 6 of 8 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

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