| The
old genus Agama has been split into a number
of genuses. One of these is the genus Trapelus
distributed mainly in the Mittle East.
Trapelus
agilis (Olivier, 1807)
agilis
(Olivier, 1807)
isolepis
(Boulenger, 1885)
khuzistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani
, 1999
pakistanensis Rastegar-Pouyani,
1999
sanguinolenta
(Pallas, 1814)
Distribution:
Afghanistan (isolepis), China,
India (pakistanensis),
Iran (agilis,
khuzistanensis), Iraq,
Kazakhsan, Pakistan
(agilis, pakistanensis), Russia (sanguinolenta),
Tajikistan (sanguinolenta), Turkmenistan
(sanguinolenta) and Uzbekistan (sanguinolenta).
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Trapelus
flavimaculatus (Rüppell, 1835)
Distribution:
Egypt and
Saudi
Arabia. |
Trapelus
jayakari Anderson, 1896
Distribution:
Arabia and Oman. |
Trapelus
lessonae De Filippi, 1865
Distribution:
Iran.
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Trapelus
megalonyx Günther, 1864
Distribution:
Afghanistan, Iran
and Pakistan.
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Trapelus
mutabilis (Merrem, 1820)
Distribution:
Algeria,
Egypt, Iraq,
Libya, Mali,
Morocco,
Tunisia
and Western
Sahara. |
Trapelus
pallidus (Reuss, 1834)
pallidus
(Reuss, 1834)
haasi
(Werner, 1971)
Distribution:
Egypt (pallidus),
Iraq (haasi),
Israel (pallidus), Jordan
(haasi), Kuwait (haasi), Saudi
Arabia (haasi) and Syria
(pallidus). |
Trapelus
rubrigularis (Blanford, 1875)
Distribution:
Iran and Pakistan.
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Trapelus
ruderatus (Olivier, 1804)
ruderatus
(Olivier, 1804)
fieldi
(Haas & Werner, 1969)
Distribution:
Iran (ruderatus),
Jordan
(fieldi), Saudi
Arabia (fieldi) and Turkey (ruderatus).
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Trapelus
savignii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)
Distribution:
Egypt and
Israel. |
Trapelus
tournevillei (Lataste, 1880)
Distribution:
Algeria
and Tunisia.
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| Literature |
| Anderson,
S.C. 1999. The Lizards of Iran. Contrib. Herpetol., No.
15, SSAR, vii + 442 pp. |
| Barts,
M. 2002. Weitere Daten zur Lebensweise von Trapelus
tournevillei (Lataste, 1880) (Sauria: Agamidae).
Sauria, 24(2): 19-22. |
| Esterbauer,
H. 1988. Iagttagelser over den syriske agame (Agama
ruderata). NHF, 31(2): 36-43. |
| Joger,
U. 1991. A Molecular Phylogeny of Agamid Lizards. Copeia,
1991(3): 616-622. |
| Müller,
H.D. 2001. Trapelus savignyi (Duméril
& Bibron 1837) - Erfahrungen mit der Terrarienhaltung.
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| Orlowa,
W.F. 1981. Agama sanguinolenta (Pallas 1814)
– Steppenagame. Pp. 149-160. In: Böhme, W.
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pp. |
| Rastegar-Pouyani,
N. 1999. Analysis of geographic variation in the Trapelus
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19: 75-99. |
Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 1999 (2000). Two new subspecies
of Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae)
from lowland southwestern Iran and southeastern Pakistan.
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| Rastegar-Pouyani,
N. 2000. Taxonomic status of Trapelus ruderatus
(Olivier) and T. persicus (Blanford), and validity
of T. lessonae (De Filippi). Amphibia-Reptilia.
21(1): 91-102. |
| Veselý,
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311-314. |
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