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| Yellow-spotted agama | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Trapelus |
| Species: | T. flavimaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trapelus flavimaculatus Rüppell, 1835 | |
| Synonyms | |
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 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
Diet
T. flavimaculatus feeds mostly on insects.
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.
References
- ^ Eid, E.K.A.; Soorae, P.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Els, J.; Al Johany, A.M.H. (2022) . "Trapelus flavimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T198524A217776323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T198524A217776323.en. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Species Trapelus flavimaculatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- 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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| Trapelus flavimaculatus | |
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