Brilliant ground agama explained

The brilliant ground agama (Trapelus agilis) is a species of agama found in Central, West and South Asia, in Iran, Pakistan, India, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, possibly Iraq, and Afghanistan (T. a. isolepis).

• Race khuzistanensis: Type locality: Iran, Khuzistan Province, 5 km northwest of Haft-Gel on the road to Shushtar.^[1]
• Race pakistanensis - southeastern Pakistan and adjacent northwestern India: Type locality: Gaj-River, Kirthar Range, southeastern Pakistan.

References

• Anderson S. C. 1966 The lectotype of Agama isolepis Boulenger. Herpetologica 22: 230–231.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1887 A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained near Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A.S.G. Jayakar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 407-408
• Olivier 1807 Voy. Emp. Otho. 4: 394
• Ananjeva . Natalia B. . Milto . Konstantin D. . Barabanov . Andrei V. . Golynsky . Evgeny A. . 2020 . An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A. Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia . Zootaxa . en . 4722 . 2 . 101–128 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1 . 32230629 . 1175-5334.

Notes and References

1. Rastegar-Pouyani . Nasrullah . 1999 . Two new subspecies of Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae) from lowland southwestern Iran and southeastern Pakistan . Asiatic Herpetological Research . 8 . 90–101 . 10.5962/bhl.part.24611. free .