Agama boulengeri, also known commonly as Boulenger's agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to western Africa.
Etymology The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Agama boulengeri, p. 34).
Geographic range A. boulengeri is found in Mali and Mauritania.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of A. boulengeri are rocky areas and wetlands.
Description A. boulengeri is a small lizard. Dorsally, it is grayish brown, with yellowish specks. Ventrally, it is yellowish. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about , with a tail length of about .Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Agama boulengeri, p. 495 in Addenda and Corrigenda).
Behavior A. boulengeri is terrestrial and diurnal.
Reproduction A. boulengeri is oviparous.
References
Further reading Lambert, Michael R.K.; Mullié, Wim C. (1998). "Sexual dichromatism of Agama boulengeri observed in Southern Mauritania". British Herpetological Society Bulletin (65): 42–44. Lataste, Fernand (1886). "Description d'un saurien nouveau du Haut Sénégal ". Le Naturaliste 8: 212–213. (Agama boulengeri, new species). (in French). Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. . (in French). Vale, Cândida Gomes; Tarroso, Pedro; Campos, João Carlos; Gonçalves, Duarte Vasconcelos; Brito, José Carlos (2012). "Distribution, suitable areas and conservation status of the Boulenger's agama (Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886)". Amphibia-Reptilia 33 (3–4): 526–532.