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Agama agama
Female on first four clics, male (with dark blue body and pale orange head), seen another day in pic N° 5.
Common african lizard, found in many habitats. Here, observed in urban setting in Abuja, the female on the promenade of Jabi lake, and the male in city park.
Recently, there were some changes in classification inside the A. agama species, and a number of subspecies became species - the whole issue was/is rather confusing - I previously thought these, ound in Nigeria would belong to the A. africana species; but the range seems very off according to IUCN maps...
Spotted on Jan 9, 2019
Submitted on Jan 9, 2019
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