Trapelus mutabilis

Trapelus mutabilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Trapelus
Species: Trapelus mutabilis
Subspecies (3): T. m. pallidus – T. m. mutabilis – T. m. poppeki

Name

• Trapelus mutabilis (Merrem, 1820)

Neotype: ZFMK 64395. [designated by Wagner et al. (2011: 893)]

Type locality: “Aegypto [=Egypt]”, fixed by neotype designation to “Egypt, 10 km northwest of Cairo”, by Wagner et al. (2011: 893).

Combinations

• Agama mutabilis Merrem, 1820: 50 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Wagner, P., Melville, J., Wilms, T.M. & Schmitz, A. 2011. Opening a box of cryptic taxa – the first review of the North African desert lizards in the Trapelus mutabilis Merrem, 1820 complex (Squamata: Agamidae) with descriptions of new taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 884–912. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00726.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Trapelus mutabilis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 November 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Desert Agama

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