Erg agama

Erg agama
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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[2]
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.[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. 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 [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).