An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys
Author
Kirchhof, Sebastian
Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES & Museum fUr Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY 3 Herpetology Section, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, KENYA
Author
Wasonga, Victor
Author
Mazuch, Tomáš
Author
Spawls, Stephen
Author
Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta
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Amphibian & Reptile Conservation
2023
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2023-06-01
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10.5281/zenodo.12761910
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Agama lionotus
Boulenger, 1896
Vouchers: NMK-398L/1 (
SK
16 1038b), 399L/1–2 (field nos. SK16 1114–1115)
Distribution: AB (
R
), petrified forest
Remarks: The distribution of this taxon is still uncertain in many parts of its range because of possible confusion with
Agama agama
(but not in
Kenya
),
A. finchi
,
and
A. dodomae
(
Spawls et al. 2018
)
.
This agama was only found in Alia
Bay
(three individuals including
one juvenile
NMK-398L/1 (
SK
16 1038b)) and in the petrified forest (
NMK
SK1115). In the absence of rocks, this species was entirely arboreal, living on
Vachellia
sp.
trees in the riparian woodlands along the dry riverbeds. Only in the rock-dominated petrified forest site (about
5 km
from Karsa Gate, the southern entry point of
SNP
) was this species rupicolous. We found
Agama lionotus
individuals (
Fig. 4B
) only between 1800 h and 2100 h. The average
T
b
was 33.8 ± 1.7 °C (32.6–35 °C; N = 2) with
T
sub
ranging from 30–34 °C and
T
a
ranging from 32–35 °C.