''Trapelus'' is a
genus of
Middle Eastern
agamid lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
s, which contains 13
species.
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Species
Listed alphabetically, the species are:[''Trapelus'']
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Trapelus agilis
The brilliant ground agama (''Trapelus agilis'') is a species of agama found in Central, West and South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consis ...
'' – brilliant ground agama
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Trapelus agnetae
''Trapelus agnetae'' is a species of agama found in Israel and Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, ...
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Trapelus boehmei
''Trapelus boehmei'' is a species of agama. It is found in at least Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, and Niger, possibly also in Western Sahara, Mali, and Tunisia
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Trapelus flavimaculatus
The yellow-spotted agama (''Trapelus flavimaculatus'') is a common species of agamid lizard endemic to the Middle East.
Geographic range
It is found in arid regions of the Middle East, north of the Eastern Desert and northern Sinai, and the Arab ...
'' – yellow-spotted agama
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Trapelus megalonyx
''Trapelus megalonyx'', the Afghan ground agama, is a species of agama found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by a ...
'' – Afghan ground agama
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Trapelus mutabilis
''Trapelus mutabilis'', the desert agama, is a species of agama found in Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. Abo ...
'' – Egyptian agama, desert agama
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Trapelus persicus
''Trapelus persicus'', Olivier's agama or Baluch ground agama, is a species of agama found in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a coun ...
'' – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama
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Trapelus rubrigularis
''Trapelus rubrigularis'', the red-throated agama, is a species of agama found in Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countr ...
'' – red-throated agama
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Trapelus ruderatus
''Trapelus ruderatus'', Olivier's agama or Baluch ground agama, is a species of agama found in Azerbaijan,
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, and Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ...
'' – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama
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Trapelus sanguinolentus
''Trapelus sanguinolentus'', the steppe agama, is a species of agama found in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It ...
'' – steppe agama
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Trapelus savignii
Savigny's agama (''Trapelus savignii'') is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to the Levant.
Etymology
Both the specific name, ''savignii'', and the common name, Savigny's agama, are in honor of French zoologist Ma ...
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Savigny's agama
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Trapelus schmitzi
''Trapelus schmitzi'', also known as Schmitz' agama, is a species of agama. It is found in Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Centr ...
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Schmitz's agama
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Trapelus tournevillei'' – Erg agama, Sahara agama
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Nota bene'': A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Trapelus''.
References
Further reading
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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
Lizard genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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