Brilliant ground agama

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Brilliant ground agama
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Trapelus
Species:
T. agilis
Binomial name
Trapelus agilis
(Olivier, 1807)
Synonyms

Agama agilis

The brilliant ground agama (Trapelus agilis) is a species of agama found in Central, West and South Asia, in Iran, Pakistan, India, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, possibly Iraq, and Afghanistan (T. a. isolepis).

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References

  1. 1 2 Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah (1999). "Two new subspecies of Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae) from lowland southwestern Iran and southeastern Pakistan". Asiatic Herpetological Research. 8: 90–101. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.24611 .