Le Regime Alientaire du Lezard Tropical African Agama Cyanogaster Ruppell, 1835 dans la Region de Lwiro, est du Zaire

Abstract

The analysis of stomach contents of the African tropical lizard Agama cyanogaster Ruppell, 1835 shows that the diet is exclusively composed of invertebrates (90%) where insects are predominant (81.75%). Plants make up only about 10% of the diet. The male eats more plant matters (14.58%) than the female (5.69%). The diet is largely dependent on the annual variation of the rainfall. The relative importance of insects eaten is in the following order: Hymenoptera (33.50%), Lepidoptera (22.71%), Orthoptera (17.90%), Coleoptera (15.49%) and the other groups (10%).