The agamids have undergone extensive adaptive radiation in terrestrial and arboreal habits. Draco , the Flying Dragons, are arboreal gliders. They have modified rib cages that can be depressed and expanded into pseudowings, with which Draco can jump from the tops of trees and glide for thirty meters or more. Being visually-oriented, many agamids have developed ornamental crests, frills, throat pouches, or brightly colored patches on the head and body. These ornamentations serve as behavioral signals in establishing and maintaining territories or in courtship.
Agamids are predominantly oviparous.
A taxonomic interpretation of chromosomal and electrophoretic data on the agamid lizards of Israel with notes on some East-African species. A molecular phylogeny of agamid lizards. A comparative karyological study of the lizards of the family Agamidae. Part II. karyotypes of the five species of the genus Agama . The fingers have long and sharp claws.