Erg agama

Erg agama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Agamidae
Genus:Trapelus
Species: T. tournevillei
Binomial name
Trapelus tournevillei
(Lataste, 1880)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[2]

Etymology

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

Geographic range

T. tournevillei is found in Algeria and Tunisia.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of T. tournevillei is hot deserts.[2]

Conservation status

T. tournevillei is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Trapelus tournevillei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Joger U, Geniez P, Nouira S (2005). Trapelus tournevillei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
  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

  • 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.


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