Acanthocercus

Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.

==Species== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;text-align:center" !scope="col"|Common name !scope="col"|Scientific name !scope="col"|IUCN Red List Status !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Distribution !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Picture |- |Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama |Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) | |180px |180px |- |Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama |Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870) | |180px |180px |- |black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama |Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849) | |180px |180px |- | |Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 | |Zambia |180px |- | |Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022 | | |