Pseudotrapelus aqabensis
| Pseudotrapelus aqabensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudotrapelus |
| Species: | P. aqabensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudotrapelus aqabensis Melnikov, Nazarov, Ananjeva, & Disi, 2012
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Pseudotrapelus aqabensis, known as Aqaba agama, is a species of agama native to southern Jordan, Egypt (Sinai), Israel, and northern Saudi Arabia[1].
Etymology
The binomial name, aqabensis, is named after the location in which the holotype was found, Aqaba.[2][3]
References
- ^ Karin Tamar et al., 2016, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Evolution around the Red Sea: Systematics and biogeography of the agamid genus Pseudotrapelus (Squamata: Agamidae) from North Africa and Arabia, 64
- ^ Melnikov D., R. Nazarov, N. Ananjeva, Ahmad Disi, 2012: A New Species of Pseudotrapelus (Agamidae, Sauria) from Aqaba, Southern Jordan. Russian journal of Herpetology, 19(2): 143–154.
- ^ Research Collections of the Zoological Institute RAS — Reptiles (Reptilia). https://www.zin.ru/collections/Reptilia/specimen_en.html?Catalog_UID=1276825340843898