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Yellow-spotted agama

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Yellow-spotted agama

| image = Yellow spotted agama in Al Rekayya Farms Qatar.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Eid, E.K.A. |author2=Soorae, P. |author3=Amr, Z.S.S. |author4=Els, J. |author5=Al Johany, A.M.H. |year=2022 |amends=2012 |title=Trapelus flavimaculatus |volume=2022 |page=e.T198524A217776323 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T198524A217776323.en |access-date=3 July 2024}}

| genus = Trapelus

| species = flavimaculatus

| authority = Rüppell, 1835

| synonyms = *Trapelus flavimaculatus
{{small|Rüppell, 1835}}

  • Agama flavimaculata
    {{small|— Anderson, 1896}}
  • Agama jayakari
    {{small|Anderson, 1896}}
  • Trapelus flavimaculatus
    {{small|— Joger, 1987}}

| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Trapelus|species=flavimaculatus}} www.reptile-database.org.

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The yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) is a common species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Geographic range

T. flavimaculatus is found in arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Habitat

The yellow-spotted agama inhabits sandy or gravelly areas of desert and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|1,200|m|ft}}.

Diet

T. flavimaculatus feeds mostly on insects.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

Behaviour

The yellow-spotted agama is diurnal, and climbs on bushes to bask.

Reproduction

T. flavimaculatus is oviparous. Clutch size is four to six eggs.

Description

Males of T. flavimaculatus are generally known by the remarkable blue colour on the ventral surface of the neck.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

References

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Further reading

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  • Anderson J (1896). A Contribution to the Herpetology of Arabia, With a Preliminary List of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Egypt. London: R.H. Porter. (Taylor & Francis, printers). 122 pp. (Agama flavimaculata, new combination, p. 31; Agama jayakari, new species, pp. 65–67).
  • Rüppell E (1835). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Amphibien. Frankfurt am Main: S. Schmerber. (Trapelus flavimaculatus, new species, p. 12). (in German and Latin).
  • van der Kooij, Jeroen (2001). "The herpetofauna of the Sultanate of Oman: Part 3. The true lizards, skinks and monitor lizards". Podarcis 2 (1): 15–26.

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Category:Trapelus

Category:Reptiles described in 1835

Category:Taxa named by Eduard Rüppell

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