🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Common agama live?

Agama agama has 3,968 records in 41 countries and territories, from 1854 to 2026. Most records come from Gambia.

AnimaliaChordataSquamataAgamidaeAgama

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Gambia 723
Réunion 580
Nigeria 566
Ghana 262
Senegal 262
Kenya 251
Ethiopia 131
DR Congo 128
Cameroon 105
Liberia 91
Uganda 90
Benin 77
Gabon 68
Mauritania 63
Guinea-Bissau 61
Tanzania 56
Angola 55
Mali 55
Congo 41
Egypt 39
Chad 33
Niger 26
Togo 24
Central African Republic 21
Sierra Leone 20
South Sudan 18
Côte d'Ivoire 17
Equatorial Guinea 16
Burkina Faso 15
France 15
Guinea 11
Namibia 11
Somalia 9
Mozambique 8
United States 7
Comoros 4
Sudan 4
ZZ 2
Colombia 1
Algeria 1

Showing the top 40 of 41 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Agamidae.

Variable agama
25,211 records
Red-headed agama
12,104 records
Caucasian Agama
2,155 records
Brilliant Ground Agama
1,245 records
Steppe Agama
827 records
Boulenger's Agama
663 records
Secret toadhead agama
653 records
Sunwatcher Toadhead Agama
530 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.