Diagnosis ³

Head scales keeled (mostly), versus smooth or slightly convex in Agama atra .
Occipital enlarged, unlike Acanthocercus atricollis (Figure 1).
Median rows of dorsal scales enlarged and forming longitudinal rows (distinct from other species except Agama armata & A. hispida ).
Ear margins without spines (neither anterior or inferior), unlike in Agama atra & A. hispida.
Ventrals smaller than dorsals (distinct from other species?)
Ventrals moderately keeled, versus smooth in Acanthocercus atricollis, Agama atra and A. aculeata .
Third finger and toe longer than the fourth, versus fourth being longest in Agama atra .
Caudal scales larger than dorsals, not distinct from Acanthocercus atricollis, Agama atra & A. aculeata .

Jacobsen, N. H. G. (1992). The status of Agama aculeata armata Peters 1854,(Reptilia: Agamidae). The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa, 41(1), 30-34.

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