Erg agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Trapelus
Species:
T. tournevillei
Binomial name
Trapelus tournevillei
(Lataste, 1880)
Synonyms[2]
  • Agama tournevillei
    Lataste, 1880
  • Trapelus tournevillei
    — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996

The erg agama (Trapelus tournevillei), also commonly known as the Sahara agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to North Africa.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, tournevillei, is in honor of French herpetologist Albert Tourneville.[3]

Geographic range

T. tournevillei is found in Algeria and Tunisia.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. tournevillei is hot deserts.[1]

Reproduction

T. tournevillei is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

T. tournevillei is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Joger, U.; Geniez, P.; Nouira, S. (2006). "Trapelus tournevillei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61588A12501750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61588A12501750.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Species Trapelus tournevillei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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

  • Barts M (2002). "Weitere Daten zur Lebensweise von Trapelus tournevillei (LATASTE, 1880) (Sauria: Agamidae)". Sauria 24 (2): 19–22. (in German).
  • Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. ("Agama tournevilii [sic]", pp. 340–341).
  • Boulenger GA (1919). "Sur l' Agama tournevillei Lataste, du Sahara algérien". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 44: 111–115. (in French).
  • Lataste F (1880). "Diagnoses de reptiles nouveaux d'Algérie". Le Naturaliste 2 (41): 325. (Agama tournevillei, new species). (in French).
  • Schleich HH, Kästle W, Kabisch K (1996). Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koenigstein, Germany: Koeltz Scientific Books. 630 pp. ISBN 3874293777. (Trapelus tournevillei, new combination, p. 295).



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