Agama finchi
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
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 |
No species of the same family or order lives in Murchison Falls National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Finch’s agama sighting in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 8 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, July and September
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Finch’s agama in Murchison Falls National Park on a given day, against about 10% in October, the lowest month.
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.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Finch’s agama sightings, Murchison Falls National Park has the highest daily chance: about 60%. Next come Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Finch’s agama is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Murchison Falls National Park (83 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
