About
Education
Discuss
TraitBank
Sign In
Sign Up
Language
Deutsch
English
Español
français
italiano
Nederlands
Piemontèis
Português do Brasil
suomi
Türkçe
Čeština
Ελληνικά
македонски
Українська
العربية
简体中文
繁體中文
names in breadcrumbs
vernacular
scientific
About
Education
Discuss
TraitBank
Sign In
Sign Up
en
Deutsch
English
Español
français
italiano
Nederlands
Piemontèis
Português do Brasil
suomi
Türkçe
Čeština
Ελληνικά
македонски
Українська
العربية
简体中文
繁體中文
names in breadcrumbs
vernacular
scientific
Creatures
»
…
»
Animal
»
…
»
Vertebrates
»
…
»
Lizards And Snakes
»
…
»
Agamid Lizards
»
…
Creatures
»
Cellular Organisms
»
Eukaryotes
»
Opisthokonts
»
Animal
»
Bilateria
»
Deuterostomes
»
Chordates
»
Vertebrates
»
Jawed Fish
»
Osteichthyes
»
Lobe Finned Fishes
»
Terrestrial Vertebrates
»
Amniotes
»
Reptiles
»
Diapsid
»
Lepidosauromorpha
»
Lepidosaur
»
Lizards And Snakes
»
Iguania
»
Agamid Lizards
»
Scortecci's Agama
«
Common Spiny Agama
Agama hispida (Kaup 1827)
collect
overview
data
media
articles
maps
names
trophic guild
show all
Body symmetry
are host of
are parasitized by
are preyed upon by
auditory system
body length
body mass
cellularity
clutch/brood/litter size
conservation status
ecoregion
geographic distribution
habitat
hearing range
hearing threshold
locomotion
mineralized skeleton contains
number of specimens in ggbn
population trend
reproduction
sexual system
trophic guild
type specimen repository
visual system
trophic guild
Mesquita et al, 2015
ambush predator
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/ambush
Definition:
organisms that capture or trap prey by stealth or by strategy (typically not conscious strategy), rather than by speed or by strength.
Comment:
synonym: sit-and-wait predator
show all records