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Pseudotrapelus dhofarensis MELNIKOV & PIERSON, 2012

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPseudotrapelus dhofarensis MELNIKOV & PIERSON 2012 
DistributionS Oman

Type locality: Jabal Samhan, Dhofar, Oman.  
Reproductionoviparous (phylogenetic imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZISP 26531 (TJP 30386), adult male collected by Theodore J. Papenfuss and Todd Pierson on 1 July 2011 (Fig. 3). Paratypes. CAS 227580 (TJP 28513), CAS 227581 (TJP 28515), MVZ 242743 (TJP 28514); CAS 227583 (TJP 28517); CAS 227593 (TJP 28536); CAS 227594 (TJP 28537), MVZ 242744 (TJP 28538) – all adults: five males, two females. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A large and robust species of Pseudotrapelus with the 3rd toe much longer than the 4th, 11 – 13 lamellae under the 4th toe, 6 – 8 well developed precloacal pores in males (the two central pores are larger in size and closer to the cloaca), 13 – 16 lower labial scales, and no enlarged scales in the occipital area of the head and dorsum.
 
CommentDistribution: see maps in TAMAR et al. 2016: Fig. 1, Tamar et al. 2019: Fig. 1, Tamar et al. 2023: 1034 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyThis species is named after the place where type specimens were collected – the Dhofar Governorate of Oman. 
References
  • Carranza S, Xipell M, Tarroso P, Gardner A, Arnold EN, Robinson MD, et al. 2018. Diversity, distribution and conservation of the terrestrial reptiles of Oman (Sauropsida, Squamata). PLoS One 13 (2): e0190389 - get paper here
  • Carranza, Salvador; Johannes Els; Bernat Burriel-Carranza 2021. A field guide to the reptiles of Oman. Madrid : Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 223 pp. [review in HR 53 (3): 531] - get paper here
  • Gebhart, J. 2013. Oman, quer durch`s Weihrauchland - ein Reisetagebuch. L@CERTIDAE (Eidechsen Online) 2013 [8]: 142-159 - get paper here
  • GROSSMANN, W. 2016. The Portrait: Pseudotrapelus dhofarensis Melnikov & Pierson, 2012. Sauria 38 (1): 3 - 14 - get paper here
  • Kwet, Axel 2014. Liste der im Jahr 2013 neu beschriebenen Reptilien. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (3): 56-67 - get paper here
  • Melnikov D. and Pierson T. 2012. A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Agamidae, Sauria) from Dhofar, Oman. Current Studies in Herpetology 12 (3/4): 143 – 151 - get paper here
  • Melnikov, D.A. and E.N. Melnikova 2013. Taxonomic diversity of the genus Pseudotrapelus (Agamidae; Sauria) and biogeography of Afro-Arabia. [in Russian, with English Abstract]. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 317 (4): 438–451 - get paper here
  • Melnikova, Ekaterina; Daniel Melnikov, Natalia Ananjeva 2015. Mitochondrial and Nuclear Gene Phylogeny of Pseudotrapelus (Sauria: Agamidae) with Considerations on the Hybridization and mtDNA Introgression between Species. Russ. J. Herpetol. 22 (1): 61-67 - get paper here
  • Tamar, K., Chirio, L., Shobrak, M., Busais, S. & Carranza, S. 2019. Using multilocus approach to uncover cryptic diversity within Pseudotrapelus lizards from Saudi Arabia. Saudi J. Biol. Sci. (2019). doi: - get paper here
  • Tamar, K., Uvizl, M., Shobrak, M., Almutairi, M., Busais, S., AlGethami, R. H. M., ... & Šmíd, J. 2023. A new species of Pseudotrapelus (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Central Arabia. Vertebrate Zoology 73, 1033-1045 - get paper here
  • Tamar, Karin; Sebastian Scholz, Pierre-André Crochet, Philippe Geniez, Shai Meiri, Andreas Schmitz, Thomas Wilms, Salvador Carranza 2016. Evolution around the Red Sea: Systematics and biogeography of the agamid genus Pseudotrapelus (Squamata: Agamidae) from North Africa and Arabia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 97 (2016) 55–68 - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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