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SpeciesAgamidae
Reptiles

🦎Agama agama

Agama agama (Linnaeus, 1758)

彩虹鬣蜥（學名：Agama agama），又名彩虹飛蜥，是鬣蜥科的一種蜥蜴，主要分佈在撒哈拉以南非洲。 身長13-30公分。 彩虹鬣蜥一般在正午時份出沒。雄性在繁殖期會展現其奪目的斑紋，頭部、頸部及尾巴會轉為鮮橙色，身體會轉為深藍。繁殖期以外的雄性是淡褐色。雌性及幼蜥的斑汶一般都是隠藏的。彩虹鬣蜥可以攀牆及石，主要是吃昆蟲。

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≈ 1/530th of your weight
Also called
Common agama
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.12 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
8 years
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Everything we know about the Agama agama

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Body mass
0.12 kgmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
8 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Omnivorous
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
AMB
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
0.15 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.09 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Agama agama yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyAgamidae
  5. ›genusAgama
  6. ›speciesAgama agama
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. suborderIguania
  3. familyAgamidae
  4. genusAgama
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. suborderIguania
  12. familyAgamidae
  13. genusAgama
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telepes agáma (hu), agama osadní (cs), Regnbuefirben (da), Siedleragame (de), Agama agama (es), آگاما آگاما (fa) … and 21 more languages
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