#1682 · 🦎 reptiles

Southern Rock Agama

🇳🇱 Zuidelijke rotsagame ·Agama atra

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The southern rock agama ( Agama atra ) is a species of lizard from the Agamidae family, that occurs in Southern Africa. It lives in small colonies on rocky outcrops, and the males are very conspicuous for their bright blue heads.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,541iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
11,541 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).