Agama planiceps

The Namib rock agama, Agama planiceps, is a lizard of the agamid family that lives on granite rocky outcrops in north-western Namibia and south-western Angola. Its recorded range covers the Benguela and Namibe provinces of Angola and the Damaraland and Kaokoveld regions of Namibia. The species shows strong sexual dimorphism: males are marked in contrasting orange and blue, while females are dappled and checkered in brown, grey and yellow. In summer, males court females by running in circles around them while bobbing their heads. The agamas are preyed on by the black mongoose, which also occurs on the isolated granite hills of this region and is most successful in the early morning on cold days when the lizards are less mobile; hornbills and rock kestrels are other predators, and as many as 30 percent of adults may have broken tails.