Pseudotrapelus aqabensis
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Pseudotrapelus |
Species: | P. aqabensis
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Binomial name | |
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Pseudotrapelus aqabensis, known as Aqaba agama, is a species of agama native to southern Jordan, Egypt (Sinai), Israel, and potentially northwestern Saudi Arabia.
Etymology
[edit]The binomial name, aqabensis, is named after the location in which the holotype was found, Aqaba.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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