Erg agama
Erg agama | |
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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] | |
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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.[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
- ↑ "Trapelus tournevillei ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 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.
- ↑ 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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