Erg agama
| Erg agama | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Trapelus |
| Species: | T. tournevillei |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapelus tournevillei (Lataste, 1880) | |
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The Erg agama (Trapelus tournevillei ) is a species of lizard in the Agamidae family.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, tournevillei, is in honor of French herpetologist Albert Tourneville.[3]
Geographic range
T. tournevillei is found in Algeria and Tunisia.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitat is hot deserts.[2]
Conservation status
It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 4 Joger U, Geniez P, Nouira S. 2005. Trapelus tournevillei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trapelus tournevillei, p. 267).
Further reading
- Lataste F. 1880. "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie". Le Naturaliste 2 (41): 325. ("Agama Tournevillei, n. sp.")
- Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 630 pp. ISBN 3874293777.
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