Ground agama
Agama aculeata Merrem, 1820
Status not recordedlizards
The ground agama (Agama aculeata) is a species in the family Agamidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 14.1 g and reach 6.66 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the ground agama
- Weight
- 14.1 g
- Length
- 6.66 cm
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Egg incubation
- 46.5 days
- Young per litter or clutch
- 13
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the ground agama?
Where does the ground agama live?
Not recorded
Is the ground agama endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the ground agama classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAgamidae
- genusAgama
- SpeciesAgama aculeata Merrem, 1820
Synonyms Agama distanti, Agama infralineata, Agama pulchella, Saura spinalis, Trapelus
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Common ground agamaEnglish
- GrondkoggelmanderAfrikaans
- Kalahari-tornagamDanish
- Kalahari-StachelagameGerman
- Agama de TierraSpanish
- Tanzaniaanse AgaamDutch
- Agama karłowataPolish
- Шиповатая агамаRussian
- Western Ground Agamaroot
- 地鬣蜥Chinese
- Northern Ground Agamaroot
Relatives of the ground agama
Other species in the same genus Agama.
Common agama
Agama agama
Spider-man agama
Agama mwanzae
Namib rock agama
Agama planiceps
Spiny agama
Agama spinosa
Anchieta's agama
Agama anchietae
Peter's ground agama
Agama armata
CompareGround agama vs Common agamaGround agama vs Spider-man agamaGround agama vs Namib rock agamaGround agama vs Spiny agama
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the ground agama?
An adult ground agama weighs 14.1 g and measures 6.66 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the ground agama?
The ground agama (Agama aculeata) belongs to the family Agamidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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