Agama boueti


Agama boueti, also known commonly as the Mali agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, boueti, is in honor of Georges Bouet, who was a French ornithologist and physician.

Geographic range

A. boueti is found in Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, and Senegal.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. boueti are savanna, shrubland, and rocky areas.

Description

A small lizard, A. boueti may attain a snout-to-vent length of, and a total length of.

Diet

A. boueti preys upon grasshoppers, ants, beetles, and other small arthropods. It also eats succulent plants.

Reproduction

A. boueti is oviparous.