Pseudotrapelus neumanni (TORNIER, 1905)
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Neumann’s Agama |
Synonym | Agama neumanni TORNIER 1905: 384 Pseudotrapelus neumanni — MELNIKOV et al. 2013 Pseudotrapelus neumanni — MELNIKOV et al. 2015 Pseudotrapelus neumanni — TAMAR et al. 2016 |
Distribution | S Yemen, SW Saudi Arabia (Asir Mountains) Type locality: Haithalhin, Lahadj (paratype label in NMW) |
Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 42952; paratypes: ZMB 27418, 37225, 54522, and 54523, NMW 23341 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Pseudotrapelus neumanni can be distinguished, as this is the only Pseudotrapelus species with enlarged scales on the dorsal parts of head and body.” (MELNIKOV et al. 2015: 59). |
Comment | Synonymy: ARNOLD 1980 synonymized A. neumanni with A. sinaitus. MELNIKOV et al. 2013, 2015 and TAMAR et al. 2016 consider Pseudotrapelus neumanni as a valid species. However, Melnikov’s description/diagnosis seems rather vague, without any illustrations or phylogenetic analysis. Distribution: see maps in TAMAR et al. 2016: Fig. 1, Tamar et al. 2019: Fig. 1, Tamar et al. 2023: 1034 (Fig. 1). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. |
Etymology | Named after Oscar Neumann (3 September 1867–17 May 1946) who undertook in the late 19th and early 20th centuries influential expeditions to East Africa, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sudan. Neumann worked voluntarily for over 40 years in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, but was forced by the Nazi government to leave Germany in 1941. |
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