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Senegal agama

Agama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918

Status not recordedlizards

The senegal agama (Agama sankaranica) is a species in the family Agamidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 14.3 g and reach 7.6 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the senegal agama

Weight
14.3 g
Length
7.6 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, shrubland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the senegal agama?

SENEGAL AGAMA · LENGTH 7.6 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 7.6 cm, the recorded maximum length of the senegal agama is about 4.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the senegal agama live?

Not recorded

Is the senegal 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 senegal agama classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAgamidae
  6. genusAgama
  7. SpeciesAgama sankaranica Chabanaud, 1918

Synonyms Agama maria

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Sankaranian agamaEnglish
  • Sankaran-agamDanish
  • SenegalagameGerman
  • 桑卡拉尼加鬣蜥Chinese
  • Kleine BlaukehlagameGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the senegal agama

Other species in the same genus Agama.

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Common questions

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How big is the senegal agama?

An adult senegal agama weighs 14.3 g and measures 7.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the senegal agama?

The senegal agama (Agama sankaranica) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Senegal agama (Agama sankaranica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/senegal-agama

MLA

“Senegal agama (Agama sankaranica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/senegal-agama.

BibTeX
@misc{senegal_agama_2026,
  title = {Senegal agama (Agama sankaranica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/senegal-agama},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}