Pseudotrapelus

Pseudotrapelus is an African and Asian genus of agamid lizards.

Pseudotrapelus
Pseudotrapelus sinaitus,
Sinai agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Agaminae
Genus: Pseudotrapelus
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

6, see text

Species

Listed alphabetically by specific name.[1]

MaleFemaleScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Pseudotrapelus aqabensis Melnikov, Nazarov, Ananjeva, & Disi, 2012Jordan, Egypt (Sinai), Israel, and potentially northwestern Saudi Arabia.
Pseudotrapelus chlodnickii Melnikov, Smielowski, Melnikova, Nazarov & Ananjeva, 2015Sudan and Libya.
Pseudotrapelus dhofarensis Melnikov & Pierson, 2012Oman
Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi Melnikov, Ananjeva, & Papenfuss, 2013Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Pseudotrapelus neumanni (Tornier, 1905)Neumann's agamaYemen and Saudi Arabia
Pseudotrapelus sinaitus (Heyden, 1827)Sinai agamaLibya, eastern Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti.

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

References

  1. Pseudotrapelus, The Reptile Database.

Further reading

  • Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).
  • Myers, P.; Espinosa, R.; Parr, C.S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G.S. & Dewey, T.A. (2008): Animal Diversity Web - Genus Acanthocercus. Retrieved 2008-MAR-20.


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