Pseudotrapelus aqabensis

Pseudotrapelus aqabensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Pseudotrapelus
Species:	P. aqabensis
Binomial name
Pseudotrapelus aqabensis Melnikov, Nazarov, Ananjeva, & Disi, 2012
Synonyms
Pseudotrapelus aqabensis Melnikov, Nazarov, Ananjeva & Disi, 2012 Pseudotrapelus aqabensis — Meiri et al., 2019

Pseudotrapelus aqabensis from Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

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

1. 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
2. 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.
3. Research Collections of the Zoological Institute RAS — Reptiles (Reptilia). https://www.zin.ru/collections/Reptilia/specimen_en.html?Catalog_UID=1276825340843898