Least ConcernCommon Agama
Agama agama
43 countries45 parks
Species group · Reptiles
WAnimals has 2 species of agama, in the family Agamidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 44 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Dominant males develop a deep orange or red head and a bluish body in the season of greatest breeding and territorial activity.
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The dominant male sports a deep orange head and does press-ups to display.
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Colour depends on status: only the dominant male has the orange head and blue body, and if he loses his territory to a rival he goes back to the dull brown of the subordinates within hours.
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Its characteristic beard — the spiny gular pouch under the throat — darkens and flares when the animal feels threatened.
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It eats insects, small vertebrates and plant matter, with plants making up more of the diet as it ages.
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It lives in arid and semi-arid country of central Australia.
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