Pseudotrapelus

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

Pseudotrapelus is an African and Asian genus of agamid lizards.

Species

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Listed alphabetically by specific name.[1]

Male Female Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Pseudotrapelus aqabensis Melnikov, Nazarov, Ananjeva, & Disi, 2012 Aqaba agama Jordan, Egypt (Sinai), Israel, and potentially northwestern Saudi Arabia.
Pseudotrapelus chlodnickii Melnikov, Smielowski, Melnikova, Nazarov & Ananjeva, 2015 Sudan and Libya.
Pseudotrapelus dhofarensis Melnikov & Pierson, 2012 Oman
Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi Melnikov, Ananjeva, & Papenfuss, 2013 Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Pseudotrapelus neumanni (Tornier, 1905) Neumann's agama Yemen and Saudi Arabia
Pseudotrapelus sinaitus (Heyden, 1827) Sinai agama Libya, 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

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  1. ^ Pseudotrapelus, The Reptile Database.

Further reading

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  • Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Acanthocercus, new genus, p. 84). (in Latin).
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  • 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.