Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Lizards Agamidae Africa Asia Middle East Taxonomy of the genus Trapelus Biodiversity of the family Agamidae Bibliography of the genus Trapelus (Afro-Asian Ground Agamas) (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Trapelus in general Amer, S.A.M. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Laudakia, Trapelus and Agama (Agamidae: Reptilia) inhabiting North Africa. Egyptian Journal of Zoology 44: 1-12. Ananjeva, N.B.; Sokolova, T.M. 1990. [The position of the genus Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825 in agamids system]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 207: 12-21, 233. Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 1998. Systematics and distribution of the Iranian species of Trapelus (Sauria: Agamidae): a review. Russian Journal of Herpetology 5(2): 127-146. Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2005. A multivariate analysis of geographic variation in the Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 26(2): 159-173. Veselý, M.; Modry, D. 2002. Rain-harvesting behavior in agamid lizards (Trapelus). Journal of Herpetology 36(2): 311-314. Trapelus agilis Abel, E. 1952. Zur Biologie von Agama agilis Ol. und Agama ruderata Ol. Zoologischer Anzeiger (Leipzig) 149: 125-133. Agarwal, I.; Goyal, S.P.; Qureshi, Q. 2015. Lizards of the Thar Desert - resource partitioning and community composition. Journal of Arid Environments 118: 58-64. Ananjeva, N.B.; David, P.; Barabanov, A.V.; Dubois, A. 2013. On the type specimens of Trapelus ruderatus (Olivier, 1804) and some nomenclatural problems on Trapelus Cuvier, 1816 (Agamidae, Sauria). Russian Journal of Herpetology 20(3): 197-202. Ananjeva, N.B.; Tsaruk, O.J. 1987. [The taxonomic status of the steppe agama Trapelus sanguinolentus in the Precaucasus]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 158: 39-46. Anderson, S.C. 1966. The lectotype of Agama isolepis Boulenger. Herpetologica 22: 230-231. Baytin, A.D. 1990. [Influence of an anthropogenic factor on reptiles from south-west Tadzhikistan]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR Otdelenie Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(2): 48-49. Berezhnoj, O.A. 1980. [On the problem of diurnal activity of Agama sanguinolenta (Reptilia, Sauria) in south eastern Turkmenia]. (In Russian). Vestnik Zoologii 1980(3): 71-73. Berezovikov, N.N. 2004. [About record of Trapelus sanguinolentus and Phrynocephalus helioscopus in Malaysary mountains (Dzhungar Alatau)]. (In Russian). Selevinia 2003: 218. Bhatnagar, C.; Meena, S.S.; Pandey, V.N. 2009. Orientational response of Agama agilis Olivier to extreme temperature. Cobra (Chennai) 3(2): 4-9. Bhatnagar, C.; Sunder, M.S.; Pandey, V.N. 2012. Habitat preference of Trapelus agilis Olivier in Thar Desert of Jaisalmer, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 19(3): 207-211. Bondarenko, D.A.; Peregontsev, E.A.; Abdunazarov, B.B.; Sudarev, V.O. 2010. [On the recent state of herpetofauna of sand massif in the Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan)]. (In Russian). pp. 246-248. In: Duisebayeva, T.N.; Zima, I.A. & Chirikova, M.A. (eds.). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya v Kazakhstane i sopredelnykh stranakh [Herpetological researches in Kazakhstan and adjacent countries]. ASBK & SOPKI, Almaty. 255 pp. (In Russian). Chandra, H.; Charan, S. 1983. Some lizard predators of acridids of southwest Afghanistan. Plant Protection Bulletin (Faridabad) 33(3-4): 153-155. Cherlin, V.A. 1988. [On the thermobiology of Cyrtopodion russowi, Eremias scripta and Trapelus sanguinolentus]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1988(5): 36-43. Cherlin, V.A.; Muzychenko, I.V. 1984. [A case study of determination methods of body temperature critical maximum in some Middle Asia lizards]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1984(5): 73-76. Clemann, N.; Melville, J.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Scroggie, M.P.; Milto, K.; Kreuzberg, E. 2008. Microhabitat occupation and functional morphology of four species of sympatric agamid lizards in the Kyzylkum Desert, central Uzbekistan. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 31(2): 51-62. Danilina, G.D. 1985. [To comparative ecology of Kugitang agamas]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1985(5): 63-66. Das, S.K.; Pandey, V.K.; Gaur, S. 2004. Notes on food, feeding and breeding coLoration of Agama agilis Olivier, 1807 in Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India. Cobra (Chennai) 55: 15-17. Dujsebayeva, T.N.; Malakhov, D.V. 2006. [Postembryonic growth of the steppe agama, Trapelus sanguinolentus (Pall., 1814) and the toad-headed agama, Phrynocephalus mystaceus (Pall., 1776) in terrarium]. (In Russian, English summary). Selevinia 2005: 143-146. Eskandarzadeh, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Zinati, L. 2015. Sexual dimorphism in Trapelus agilis agilis (Olivier, 1807) (Sauria: Agamidae) from Tabas region, northeastern Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 22(2): 123-127. Joshi, P.; Misher, C.; Thorat, O.H. 2017. New record of agamid lizard Trapelus agilis (Olivier, 1804) (Squamata: Agamidae) from Gujarat, India. Russian Journal of Herpetology 24(1): 78-80. Kaahkarov, D.; Kurbatov, V. 1930. Preliminary ecological survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Central Kara-Kum Desert in West Turkestan. Ecology 11(1): 35-60. Kamalova, Z.Y. 1971. Biology of reproduction of Agama sanguinolenta in different regions of Middle Asia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 50: 303-305. Kamalova, Z.Y.; Davietshina, A.G. 1975. [Feeding of Agama sanguinolenta in various regions of Central Asia]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1975(1): 49-51. Khairutdinov, K.S.; Akhmetov, I.Z.; Absamatov, R. 1985. [Ecological and physiological features of reptiles and mammals of arid zones]. (In Russian). FAN, Tashkent. 136 pp. Kubykin, R.A.; Brushko, Z.K. 1977. [Molting of the steppe agama, Agama sanguinolenta (Pall.), in the southern Balkhash Lake region]. (In Russian). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta (Leningrad) 74: 69-72. Langerwerf, B. 1984. Techniques for large-scale breeding of lizards from temperate climates in greenhouse enclosures (breeding many species of lizards in captivity, aiming the maintenance of populations of each species outside their natural habitat). Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia 78: 163-176. Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 73-82, 96. Macey, J.R.; Ananjeva, N.B. 2004. Genetic variation among agamid lizards of the Trapelus agilis complex in the Caspian-Aral Basin. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 208-214. Mertens, R.; Müller, L. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 84: 295-302. Mishagina, J.V. 1992. [Food connections of lizard of Haloxylon aphylum (East Kopetdag, Repetek)]. (In Russian, English summary). Problemy Osvoeniya Pustyn' 6: 46-62. Mohammadi, S.; Naderi, G. 2012. Survey of lizard fauna of Mirabad of Shah-Reza, Isfahan Province, Iran. Trakia Journal of Sciences 10(1): 35-37. Orlowa, W.F. 1981. Agama sanguinolenta (Pallas 1814) - Steppenagame. pp. 149-160. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp. Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1985. 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Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii 51(3): 338-352. Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 1999. Analysis of geographic variation in the Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae). Zoology in the Middle East 19: 75-99. Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 1999. Two new subspecies of Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae) from lowland southwestern Iran and southeastern Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 90-101. Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2000. Two new subspecies of Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae) from lowland southwestern Iran and southeastern Pakistan. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8 [1999]: 90-101. Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2005. A multivariate analysis of geographic variation in the Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 26(2): 159-173. Rogovin, K.A.; Semenov, D.V.; Gallina, S.; Mauri, M.E. 1982. [On the niche overlap in time and space in lizard communities of the Repetek Biosphere Reserve]. (In Russian). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 264(4): 1016-1018. Schleich, H.H. 1979. Feldherpetologische Beobachtungen in Persien, nebst morphologischen Daten zu den Agamen Agama agilis, A. caucasica and A. erythrogaster. (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae). Salamandra 15(4): 237-253. Schleich, H.H. 1979. Geographic distribution: Agama agilis. Iran: Jawad-Abad/Abardesh. Herpetological Review 10(2): 59. Semyonov, D.V.; Dunayev, Y.A. 1989. [Morphology of the hemipenis and classification of lizards of the genus Phrynocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 68(10): 56-64. Serebrennikov, M.K. 1933. Biologische Skizzen über die Wirbeltiere des Südwestlichen Kizilkum. Aquarium (Berlin) 1933: 8-13, 50-54. Sharma, R.C.; Singh, C. 1976. Records of some little known reptiles from Afghanistan. Newsletter of the Zoological Survey of India 2(2): 70-74. Tereshchenko, V.S. 1991. [Sexual dimorphism of the postcranial skeleton in lizards of family Agamidae (Lacertilia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 70(10): 91-103. 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