Does anybody know what this is???

[Ella]

My Dad photoed (?) it during his holiday in East Africa. I don't know the exact location he found it in. Pretty eh?

 

[Ella]

Did the picture work? It's not showing up on my screen.

 

[Bryony]

pic worked for me, wonderfull colours but i am not going to have a guess...i have no idea

 

[hey_im_sam]

My first guess was gunna be a uromastyx, based o the colours, but the head looks more like a skink. Can't enlarge the pic to get a decent look at it.. but it still kinda looks like a mali uromastyx.

 

[hey_im_sam]

K looked a bit closer and the head looks like a uromastyx, to me at least Tail's not very spiky like on a mali, but maybe it's a bit variable :? Or a different species. anyone?

 

[Gabe]

How bout a southern rock agama (Agama atra)?

 

[Gabe]

Actually Agama agama seems more like it.

 

[NCHERPS]

Yes,I reckon it's Agama agama, I have seen these in Tanzania.

Neil

 

[hey_im_sam]

That looks spot on

 

[angelrose]

just save the pic to your pc, then enlarge to view.......

Angel

 

[angelrose]

oh wow, gabe that pic looks awesome, they do look the same to me..

Angel

 

[Retic]

Yes agama agama, I kept them in the UK years ago. They are just like Bearded dragons, great characters and some amazing colours.

 

[Ricko]

thats awesome.

 

[ether]

Think that is it the same lizard that my dad found is RSA. Here is a pic,

 

[angelrose]

Gosh they almost look fake dont they, so beautiful, mother nature surprises me more and more with each creation.

Angel

 

[Guest]

What amazing colours. wonder y they are those colours.

 

[Retic]

Do you mean are they really that colour ? If so yes they are, they vary greatly across their range like most reptiles. They vary from the full colour spectrum like the ones in the photo to just brick red to very light with a red head.

 

[Dicco]

Only the males are those colours.

 

[Retic]

Sorry yes I should have qualified my statement, as is usual the male is the best looking :lol:

 

[Livewire]

It's a pity we can't keep imported species, I would love to have one of those. However, I do understand why we can't and I guess we're pretty lucky we have diverse amount of reptile's in Australia. Still a pity though.