Finch's Agama

Agama lizards are some of the coolest lizards in the world. On our trip to Uganda in July of this year we ran into another species, Finch's agama (Agama finchi). It was quite common and we saw it in many different places. It was all over the grounds where we stayed at Pakuba Lodge in Murchison Falls NP, very prevalent at and near the boat dock near Paraa along the White Nile near Murchison Falls, and also very prevalent on the large rocks where we saw lots of hyrax near the Apoka Airport in Kidepo Valley NP. 

The first five photos were all taken in Murchison Falls NP. The fifth photo is of a female. 

This photo, and the next one, were taken in Kidepo Valley NP.

It is referred to as "small" in Wikipedia which would come as a surprise to anyone from the U.S. where the only lizards larger would probably be chuckwallas and gila monsters. It has a yellowish head, fore-neck and the upper three-fourths of the tail and the rest of the body is grayish black. It is found in the Central Arican Republic, Chad, the DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. 

Agama is a genus of lizards that includes at least 37 species in Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, where most regions have at least one species. Colors differ between species, between genders, according to mood and females are usually less colorful. 

I previously posted on the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama (post on June 3, 2014) which we saw in Masai Mara NR in Kenya and Serengeti NP in Tanzania. The male is a pinkish-red and blue and I have photos of both the colorful male and very plain dark female. 

I am confused about the other Agama species I've seen. I did a post on the red-headed rock agama, also known as the common agama and rainbow agama (Agama agama), by which it is known on iNaturalist (post on June 4, 2014), which I saw in Ghana in Elmina, Cape Coast Castle and at our Coconut Grove hotel outside Elmina. I actually caught one at the outside restaurant we were eating at in Elmina and held it for a minute or so before letting it go. It looks quite a bit like Finch's agama and that's what I thought the Finch's was until notified otherwise by our guide. iNaturalist uses the term rainbow agama, but the only identifier to all of my photos of it on iNaturalist has said it is Peter's rock agama (Agama picticauda) which is also known as the redhead agama. I don't have enough information to make my own informed decision and I don't know anything about the identifier, but the photos I've seen look for like Agama agama to me. Whatever it is, these are all very cool lizards.