| Acanthocercus annectens | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocercus |
| Species: | A. annectans |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870) | |
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Acanthocercus annectans, the Eritrean rock agama or Eritrean ridgeback agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.
Description
The Eritrean rock agama has irregular black lines and a white line down the centre of the line. It’s scales are small, and it’s head is subtriangular, and flat. It’s nose is blunt, ended by a rostral scale, and the frenal region being depressed. The tail is longer then the body and head, and the chin is covered in small rhomboidal scales decreasing in size.
Habitat and Ecology
The Eritrean rock agama lives in forests, savannas, inland wetlands, inland cliffs and mountain peaks. They live in loose groups with large males often sharing living spaces. They eat insects and arthropods, most of it being ants.
Conservation
The species is listed as Least Concern with the species being quite abundant and populations being stable. This species is still threatened by logging and annual and perennial non-timber crops.
References
- Spawls, S., Malonza, P. & Ineich, I. (2018). "Acanthocercus annectens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170363A20518757. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T170363A20518757.en.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Acanthocercus annectans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Observations on the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, made during the progress of the British expedition to that country in 1867-68
- ^ "www.iucnredlist.org".
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