title: Xenagama wilmsi
text: # Xenagama wilmsi
  
  Xenagama wilmsi, the Wilms' agama, shield-tail agama, or turnip-tail agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, wilsmi, is in honor of Dr. Thomas M. Wilms "in recognition of his important contributions to North African and Arabian reptiles in general and the spiny-tailed agamid genera Uromastyx and Saara in particular".
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  X. wilmsi is found in Ethiopia and Somalia.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  X. wilmsi is oviparous.
  
  