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Kenyan Rock Agama
Agama lionotus
-1.31475, 36.8258
Field Notes
Description:
This male, of some 20 to 25 cm in length, was seen in full breeding season, when it develops these dramatic coloring - bright orange head and neck, dark or metalic blue body with white and bluish stripped tail.
Outside the breeding season, the male is plain brown.
Habitat:
Seen on a rocky cliff, overseeing a bushy vegetation and a river inside the Nairobi National Park. Kenyan rock agama is confined to a rather limited territory, mainly Kenya, but including the limitrophes regions of neighbouring countries (see references, the link to range map).
Notes:
Agamids are most common lizards, almost emblematic one, of Africa - I've seen and photographed them in every country visited... Very often seen on walls or rocks doing "push-ups" - very carefully observing his surroundings, while only his head keep bobbing up-down...
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