- Source: Acanthocercus annectens
Acanthocercus annectans, the Eritrean rock agama or Eritrean ridgeback agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.
Description
The Eritrean rock agama has irregular black lines and a white line down the centre of the line. It’s scales are small, and it’s head is subtriangular, and flat. It’s nose is blunt, ended by a rostral scale, and the frenal region being depressed. The tail is longer then the body and head, and the chin is covered in small rhomboidal scales decreasing in size.
Habitat and Ecology
The Eritrean rock agama lives in forests, savannas, inland wetlands, inland cliffs and mountain peaks. They live in loose groups with large males often sharing living spaces. They eat insects and arthropods, most of it being ants.
Conservation
The species is listed as Least Concern with the species being quite abundant and populations being stable. This species is still threatened by logging and annual and perennial non-timber crops.
