Yellow-spotted agama
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Trapelus |
| Species: | T. flavimaculatus
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| Trapelus flavimaculatus Rüppell, 1835
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The yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) is a common species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.
Geographic range[edit]
T. flavimaculatus is found in arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.[1][2]
Habitat[edit]
The yellow-spotted agama inhabits sandy or gravelly areas of desert and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft).[1]
Diet[edit]
T. flavimaculatus feeds mostly on insects.[citation needed]
Behaviour[edit]
The yellow-spotted agama is diurnal, and climbs on bushes to bask.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
T. flavimaculatus is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is four to six eggs.[1]
Description[edit]
Males of T. flavimaculatus are generally known by the remarkable blue colour on the ventral surface of the neck.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Eid, E.K.A.; Soorae, P.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Els, J.; Al Johany, A.M.H. (2022). "Trapelus flavimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T198524A217776323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T198524A217776323.en. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b c Species Trapelus flavimaculatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading[edit]
- Anderson J (1896). A Contribution to the Herpetology of Arabia, With a Preliminary List of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Egypt. London: R.H. Porter. (Taylor & Francis, printers). 122 pp. (Agama flavimaculata, new combination, p. 31; Agama jayakari, new species, pp. 65–67).
- Rüppell E (1835). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Amphibien. Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber. (Trapelus flavimaculatus, new species, p. 12). (in German and Latin).
- van der Kooij, Jeroen (2001). "The herpetofauna of the Sultanate of Oman: Part 3. The true lizards, skinks and monitor lizards". Podarcis 2 (1): 15–26.
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