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Species of lizard

Erg agama
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
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

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.

Etymology

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

Geographic range

T. tournevillei is found in Algeria and Tunisia.

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. tournevillei is hot deserts.

Reproduction

T. tournevillei is oviparous.

Conservation status

T. tournevillei is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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 ", 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).


Taxon identifiers
Trapelus tournevillei


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