''Trapelus'' is a
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agamid
Agamidae is a family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.
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lizard
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s, which contains 13
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Species
Listed alphabetically, the species are:[''Trapelus'']
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Trapelus agilis
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'' – brilliant ground agama
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Trapelus agnetae''
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Trapelus boehmei''
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Trapelus flavimaculatus'' – yellow-spotted agama
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Trapelus megalonyx'' – Afghan ground agama
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Trapelus mutabilis'' – Egyptian agama, desert agama
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Trapelus persicus'' – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama
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Trapelus rubrigularis'' – red-throated agama
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Trapelus ruderatus'' – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama
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Trapelus sanguinolentus'' – steppe agama
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Trapelus savignii'' –
Savigny's agama
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Trapelus schmitzi'' –
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Trapelus tournevillei'' – Erg agama, Sahara agama
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binomial authority
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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).
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Lizard genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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