Acanthocercus is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
| Common name | Scientific name[1] | IUCN Red List Status | Distribution | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson's rock agama, Hadramaut agama | Acanthocercus adramitanus (Anderson, 1896) | [2] | |||
| Eritrean ridgeback agama, Eritrean rock agama | Acanthocercus annectans (Blanford, 1870) | [3] | |||
| black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849) | [4] | |||
| Acanthocercus branchi Wagner, Greenbaum & Bauer, 2012 | Zambia | ||||
| Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer, & Wagner, 2022 | |||||
| Falk's blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus cyanocephalus (Falk, 1925) | ||||
| black-necked tree agama, blue-bellied ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus cyanogaster (Rüppell, 1835) | [5] | |||
| black-necked agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus gregorii (Günther, 1894) | ||||
| Peter's ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006 | ||||
| Kivu blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus kiwuensis (Klausewitz, 1957) | ||||
| Acanthocercus margaritae Wagner, Butler, Ceriaco, & Bauer, 2021 | Namibia and Angola | ||||
| black-necked agama, black-necked ridgeback agama, blue-headed tree agama, blue-throated agama, southern tree agama | Acanthocercus minutus (Klausewitz, 1957) | ||||
| Phillips’ ridgeback agama | Acanthocercus phillipsii (Boulenger, 1895) | ||||
| Uganda blue-headed tree agama | Acanthocercus ugandaensis (Klausewitz, 1957) | ||||
| Acanthocercus yemensis (Klausewitz, 1954) | [6] | ||||
A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Acanthocercus.