Agamidae Temporal range:
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Male Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (Agama mwanzae), in the Serengeti, Tanzania | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Clade: | Acrodonta |
Family: | Agamidae Gray, 1827[1] |
Subfamilies | |
6, see text |
Agamidae is a family of over 550 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.