Trapelus is a genus of Middle Eastern agamid lizards, which contains 13 species.

Species

Listed alphabetically, the species are:

• Trapelus agilis – brilliant ground agama

• Trapelus agnetae

• Trapelus boehmei

• Trapelus flavimaculatus – yellow-spotted agama

• Trapelus megalonyx – Afghan ground agama

• Trapelus mutabilis – Egyptian agama, desert agama

• Trapelus persicus – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama

• Trapelus rubrigularis – red-throated agama

• Trapelus ruderatus – Olivier's agama, Baluch ground agama

• Trapelus sanguinolentus – steppe agama

• Trapelus savignii – Savigny's agama

• Trapelus schmitzi – Schmitz's agama

• Trapelus tournevillei – 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

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. (Trapelus, new genus, p.35). (in French).

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