Trapelus Explained

Trapelus is a genus of Middle Eastern agamid lizards, which contains 13 species.

Species

Listed alphabetically, the species are:^{[1] [2]}

• Trapelus agilis – brilliant ground agama
• Trapelus agnetae
• Trapelus boehmei
• Trapelus flavimaculatus – yellow-spotted agama
• Trapelus megalonyx – Afghan ground agama
• Trapelus mutabilis – Egyptian agama, desert agama
• Trapelus persicus – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama
• Trapelus rubrigularis – red-throated agama
• Trapelus ruderatus – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama
• Trapelus sanguinolentus – steppe agama
• Trapelus savignii – Savigny's agama
• Trapelus schmitzi – Schmitz's agama
• Trapelus tournevillei – Erg agama, Sahara agama

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Trapelus.

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).

Notes and References

1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?taxon=&genus=Trapelus&submit=Search Trapelus
2. http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Trapelus_Genus.asp Trapelus