Biology:Erg agama
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Trapelus |
| Species: | T. tournevillei
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapelus tournevillei (Lataste, 1880)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61588/12501750. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Species Trapelus tournevillei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q3005609 entry
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