Balabala (mjusi)

Balabala
Balabala kichwa-chekundu (Agama lionotus)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli ya juu: Tetrapoda (Wanyama wenye miguu minne) Ngeli: Reptilia (Wanyama wenye damu baridi na magamba ngozini) Oda: Squamata (Mijusi, mijusi-nyungunyungu na nyoka) Nusuoda: Lacertilia (Mijusi) Familia: Agamidae (Mijusi walio na mnasaba na balabala) Nusufamilia: Agaminae (Mijusi wanaofanana na balabala)
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 13: Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 Agama Daudin, 1802 Brachysaura Blyth, 1856 Bufoniceps Arnold, 1992 Coryphophylax Fitzinger, 1867 Laudakia Gray, 1845 Mictopholis Smith, 1935 Paralaudakia Baig, Wagner, Anajeva & Böhme, 2012 Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825 Pseudotrapelus Fitzinger, 1843 Stellagama Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Böhme, 2012 Trapelus Cuvier, 1817 Xenagama Boulenger, 1895

Balabala ni spishi za mijusi za nusufamilia Agaminae katika familia Agamidae. Mijusi hawa ni wadogo hadi wakubwa kiasi na wana miguu yenye nguvu na mkia mrefu. Katika spishi nyingi madume wana rangi kali, kama nyekundu, machungwa na buluu, lakini majike wote wana rangi ya majivu, ya mchanga au kahawia. Wanatofautinana na mijusi wengine, isipokuwa vinyonga, kwa sababu meno yao yapo kwa ukingo wa nje wa mdomo wao badala ya ukingo wa ndani.

Spishi za Afrika ya Mashariki

• Acanthocercus annectans, Balabala-miambi wa Eritrea (Eritrean rock agama)
• Acanthocercus atricollis, Balabala-miti Kichwa-buluu (Blue-headed tree agama)
• Acanthocercus cyanogaster, Balabala-miti Shingo-nyeusi (Black-necked tree agama)
• Agama aculeata, Balabala Kusi (Ground agama)
• Agama armata, Balabala Miiba (Peter's ground agama)
• Agama caudospinosa, Balabala wa Elmenteita (Elmenteita rock agama)
• Agama finchi, Balabala wa Malaba (Finch's agama)
• Agama hulbertorum, Balabala wa Ngong (Ngong agama)
• Agama kaimosae, Balabala wa Kakamega (Kakamega agama)
• Agama lionotus, Balabala Kichwa-chekundu (Red-headed agama)
• Agama montana, Balabala-milima (Montane rock agama)
• Agama mossambica, Balabala wa Msumbiji (Mozambique agama)
• Agama mwanzae, Balabala wa Mwanza (Mwanza flat-headed agama)
• Agama persimilis, Balabala Mabaka (Somali painted agama)
• Agama rueppelli, Balabala wa Rüppell (Rüppell's agama)
• Agama turuensis, Balabala Mashariki (East African ground agama)

Spishi za sehemu nyingine za Afrika

• Acanthocercus branchi (Bill's tree agama)
• Acanthocercus guentherpetersi (Peter's ridgeback agama)
• Acanthocercus phillipsii (Phillips's ridgeback agama)
• Agama africana (Rainbow agama)
• Agama agama (Common agama)
• Agama anchietae (Anchieta's agama)
• Agama atra (Southern rock agama)
• Agama bocourti (Bocourt's agama)
• Agama boensis (Boé agama)
• Agama bottegi (Somali agama)
• Agama boueti (Mali agama)
• Agama boulengeri (Boulenger's agama)
• Agama cristata (Crested agama)
• Agama doriae (Doria's agama)
• Agama etoshae (Etosha agama)
• Agama gracilimembris (Benin agama)
• Agama hartmanni (Hartmann's agama)
• Agama hispida (Southern spin agama)
• Agama impalearis (Atlas agama)
• Agama insularis (Insular agama)
• Agama kirkii (Kirk's agama)
• Agama knobeli (Namibian agama)
• Agama lanzai (Lanza's agama)
• Agama lebretoni (Lebreton's agama)
• Agama lucyae (Lucy's agama)
• Agama mucosoensis (Mucoso agama)
• Agama parafricana (Togo agama)
• Agama paragama (False agama)
• Agama planiceps (Namib rock agama)
• Agama robecchii (Robecchi's agama)
• Agama sankaranica (Senegal agama)
• Agama somalica (Somali rock agama)
• Agama spinosa (Gray's spiny agama)
• Agama sylvana (Forest agama)
• Agama tassiliensis (Desert mountain agama)
• Agama weidholzi (Gambia agama)
• Pseudotrapelus chlodnickii (Bayuda agama)
• Pseudotrapelus sinaitus (Sinai agama)
• Trapelus boehmei (Maghreb (ground) agama)
• Trapelus mutabilis (Desert agama)
• Trapelus schmitzi (Schmitz's agama)
• Trapelus tournevillei (Sahara agama)
• Xenagama batillifera (Turnip tail agama)
• Xenagama taylori (Dwarf shield-tailed agama)
• Xenagama wilmsi (Wilms's ridgeback agama)
• Xenagama zonura (Ethiopian ridgeback agama)

Picha

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  Balabala-miti kichwa-buluu
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  Balabala kusi
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  Balabala miiba
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  Balabala wa Mwanza

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  Rainbow agama
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  Common agama
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  Anchieta's agama
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  Southern rock agama
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  Atlas agama
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  Kirk's agama
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  Lebreton's agama
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  Namib rock agama
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  Sinai agama
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  Desert agama
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  Schmitz's agama
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  Turnip-tail agama
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  Dwarg shield-tailed agama

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