Agama robecchii
Agama robecchii, commonly known as Robecchii's agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa. Taxonomy and etymology. "A. robecchii" was discovered by Italian explorer Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti in Somalia, and described by British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger of the Natural History Museum (London) in 1892. Boulenger named the species "robecchii" in honor of said explorer. Geographic range. "A. robecchii" is present in eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia. Behavior and habitat. A diurnal and terrestrial species, "A. robecchii" lives in sandy plains, in holes in the ground . Description. "Agama robecchii" has a tail longer than its head and body. The body is not depressed. The head does not show a nuchal crest, only a few spinose, not lanceolate scales. The whole of the dorsum is beset with larger spines, each of which has a ring of smaller spines at its base.