Trapelus
Appearance
Trapelus | |
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Trapelus sanguinolentus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Agaminae |
Genus: | Trapelus Cuvier, 1817 |
Species | |
13, see text. |
Trapelus is a genus of Middle Eastern agamid lizards, which contains 13 species.[1]
Species
Listed alphabetically, the species are:[1][2]
- Trapelus agilis (Olivier, 1807) – brilliant ground agama
- Trapelus agnetae (F. Werner, 1929)
- Trapelus boehmi Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz, 2011
- Trapelus flavimaculatus Rüppell, 1835 – yellow-spotted agama
- Trapelus megalonyx Günther, 1864 – Afghan ground agama
- Trapelus mutabilis (Merrem, 1820) – Egyptian agama, desert agama
- Trapelus persicus (Blanford, 1881) – Olivier’s agama, Baluch ground agama
- Trapelus rubrigularis (Blanford, 1875) – red-throated agama
- Trapelus ruderatus (Olivier, 1804) – horn-scaled agama, Baluch ground agama
- Trapelus sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) – steppe agama
- Trapelus savignii (A.M.C. Dumeril & Bibron, 1837) – Savigny's agama
- Trapelus schmitzi Wagner & Böhme, 2006 – Schmitz’ agama
- Trapelus tournevillei (Lataste, 1880) – Erg agama, Sahara agama
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trapelus.
References
Further reading
- Cuvier G (1817). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Paris: Déterville. xviii + 532 pp. (Trapelus, new genus, p. 35). (in French).
External links
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