Trapelus

Trapelus
Trapelus sanguinolentus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Agaminae
Genus:	Trapelus Cuvier, 1817
Species
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Trapelus is a genus of Middle Eastern agamid lizards, which contains 16 species.^[1]

Species

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

• Trapelus agilis (Olivier, 1807) – brilliant ground agama
• Trapelus agnetae (F. Werner, 1929)
• Trapelus boehmi Wagner, Melville, Wilms & Schmitz, 2011
• Trapelus flavimaculatus Rüppell, 1835 – yellow-spotted agama
• Trapelus jayakari (Anderson, 1896)
• Trapelus lessonae (de Filippi, 1865)
• Trapelus megalonyx Günther, 1864 – Afghan ground agama
• Trapelus microtympanum (F. Werner, 1895)
• Trapelus mutabilis (Merrem, 1820) – Egyptian agama, desert agama
• Trapelus pallidus (Reuss, 1834)
• Trapelus rubrigularis (Blanford, 1875) – red-throated agama
• Trapelus ruderatus (Olivier, 1804) – horn-scaled agama, Baluch ground agama
• Trapelus sanguinolentus (Pallas, 1814) – steppe agama
• Trapelus savignii (A.M.C. Dumeril & Bibron, 1837) – Savigny's agama
• Trapelus schmitzi Wagner & Böhme, 2006 – Schmitz’ agama
• Trapelus tournevillei (Lataste, 1880) – Erg agama, Sahara agama

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

References

1. Trapelus, The Reptile Database.
2. Trapelus, Zipcode Zoo.

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. (Genus Trapelus, p. 35).

External links

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