Agama sankaranica — a medium-sized lizard from the agamid family. It lives on rocky areas in the savannas of West Africa.
Agama sankaranica differs from closely related agamas by the special head color of males and its attachment to rocky places. It is important for nature because it regulates the number of insects and serves as food for predators.
Low precipitation in winter
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Worker
Elders
head
Tail size
Bro
birth time
ambush
Taxons
carnivore
Heavy rains in summer
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
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Foraging takes place among trees and woody vegetation.
perch
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age
t
When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Predator remains still and concealed before launching a sudden attack.
Human
birth date
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
no permanent shelter
Close
Egg shell color
was
days
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
climbing
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
very heavy rains in summer, almost no precipitation in winter
surface
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
teeth
insects
Potential Habitat
About health
Searches for food on or among rocks and stony surfaces.
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Colors
Sex
{name} birthday
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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hot, rains in summer, little precipitation in winter
Always hot
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little precipitation in winter, more in summer
Trophic type
Filters
running
On the map
lunge
summer very hot, dry, lots of grass
Female ♀
all life stages
Body color
Upcoming birthdays
world of Afrotropics
legs
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
birth year
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
Age (from birth to death)
rock
sq mm
yr
Hot, little precipitation in winter
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
How similar?
small reptiles
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
spiders
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
from birth to adulthood
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Regeneration
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
world of Afrotropics
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
Share
Duration
Find a pet...
Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
hot, uneven rains, lots of grass and trees
live insects
This is me
rocky
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
Primary oral structure used to seize, manipulate, or ingest food.
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
Link copied
My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
terrestrial
Hot steppe
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
Scales color
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
active predation
mouth
turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Head color
celebrated their {n} birthday
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Litter size
Daddies
Tropical savanna
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Where are they found?
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
embryo
Orange
38 to 65 grams, 15 – 40 centimeters
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
arboreal
Observations
small lizards and snakes
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