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title: "Peters's Rock Agama"
description: "Agama picticauda — Gady. Agama picticauda, also known commonly as Peters's rock agama and the African redhead agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/peters-s-rock-agama
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peters's Rock Agama

> Agama picticauda — Gady. Agama picticauda, also known commonly as Peters's rock agama and the African redhead agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.

- Scientific name: *Agama picticauda*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16705
- Wikidata: [Q58474097](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58474097)
- iNaturalist taxon: [797597](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/797597)

## Names

- en: Peters's Rock Agama
- es: Agama africana de cabeza roja

## Countries with the most observations

US (14858), RE (305), GH (151), CI (87), GA (78), NG (59), SN (51), KM (40), BJ (28), CM (26), CG (24), GQ (18)

## Summary

Agama picticauda, also known commonly as Peters's rock agama and the African redhead agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agama_picticauda

## Photo

![Peters's Rock Agama](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peters-s-rock-agama/medium.jpg)

Photo: komorrow · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331606988

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/peters-s-rock-agama?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).