[1][2] A. robecchii was discovered by Italian explorer Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti in Somalia, and described by British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger of the Natural History Museum (London) in 1892.

Boulenger named the species robecchii in honor of said explorer.

[1][2] A diurnal and terrestrial species, A. robecchii lives in sandy plains, in holes in the ground.

[1] Agama robecchii has a tail longer than its head and body.

The head does not show a nuchal crest, only a few spinose, not lanceolate scales.