Agama finchi
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Agama finchi, commonly known as Finch's agama, is a small species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Central Africa and East Africa. There are two recognized subspecies. The specific name, finchi, is in honor of zoologist Brian W. Finch who discovered this species.
A. finchi is found in the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. The preferred natural habitat of A. finchi is grassland. Small for its genus, A. finchi does not exceed 25 cm (9.8 in) in total length (including tail).
A. finchi is oviparous. Two subspecies are recognized as being valid including the nominotypical subspecies. Agama finchi finchi Böhme et al., 2005 Agama finchi leucerythrolaema Wagner et al., 2011 Böhme W, Wagner P, Malonza P, Lötters S, Köhler J (2005). "A New Species of the Agama agama Group (Squamata: Agamidae) from Western Kenya, East Africa, with Comments on Agama lionotus Boulenger, 1896". Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (2): 143–150. (Agama finchi, new species).
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murchison Falls National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Kidepo Valley National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kampala | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Finch’s agama sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 6 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Finch’s agama in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in April, September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Kampala's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain against 190 mm in April.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Finch’s agama sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kampala, in our data
Kampala is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Finch’s agama sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Finch’s agama is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kampala (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
