Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Acanthocecerus
- Length_F
- 135 mm
- Length_M
- 167 mm
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Description
- A very large agama with a broad head. Breeding males have a dull blue to bluish back, with bright blue (anteriorly) to straw-yellow (posteriorly) spines and a bright cobalt-blue head.
- Class
- Reptilia
- Subspecies
- Possibly up to 6 races, but all poorly defined.
- Distribution
- Ethiopia, through Eastern Africa to the North-Eastern parts of the subcontinent, reaching the southern limits in coastal Kwa-Zulu Natal, Eastern Botswana (Lobatsi) and Ovamboland.
- Breeding
- The female lays 5 - 14 oval, soft-shelled eggs in a hole dug in moist soil. These hatch after 90 days.
- Diet
- Caterpillars, grasshoppers and beetles.
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