Hi people,
A new species of Trapelus has been described for North Africa:
http://www.moroccoherps.com/en/ficha/Trapelus_boehmei
Soon in english!!!!!!!!!!!! SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gabri
Pierre-Yves Vaucher wrote:Its a new sepcies on your site or new described ? Who did the descrption ?
We present a review of the morphology and current taxonomy of North African Trapelus species. The Saharo-
Sindian agamid genus contains 15 species, of which five occur in northern Africa. The taxonomy of this complex
group continues to provide difficulties for taxonomists because of a lack of consistent morphologically diagnostic
characters and relatively high intraspecific morphological variation. In particular, the widespread species Trapelus
mutabilis, which occurs from Egypt in the east to Mauritania in the west, has been identified as a species complex
and probably represents an artificial grouping of unrelated taxa. This taxonomic uncertainty is exacerbated
because a type specimen for T. mutabilis was never designated. In our taxonomic review, we designate a neotype
for T. mutabilis, allowing a review of the northern African species, the description of two new taxa, and the
compilation of a comprehensive identification key. We present a multivariate analysis of morphology within T.
mutabilis and, in addition, we present a molecular phylogenetic analysis incorporating a ~500-bp region of the
mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene, and a relaxed molecular clock analysis to estimate the ages of clades
within Trapelus. Our results demonstrate that these lineages have a deep and complex biogeographical history.
Pierre-Yves Vaucher wrote:Your pages are always well done, I like
Mario Schweiger wrote:Trapelus boehmei was Trapelus mutabilis before!
Go to the amphibians and reptiles database (last link on the board index page - for registered members only) and look for T. boehmei. There you will find the paper of description to download!
Here the summary
Pierre-Yves Vaucher wrote:I never seen Trapelus in Morocco, hope for one day
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