The brilliant ground agama (Trapelus agilis) is a species of agama found in Central, West and South Asia, in Iran, Pakistan, India, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, possibly Iraq, and Afghanistan (T. a. isolepis).
- Race khuzistanensis: Type locality: Iran, Khuzistan Province, 5 km northwest of Haft-Gel on the road to Shushtar.[1]
- Race pakistanensis - southeastern Pakistan and adjacent northwestern India: Type locality: Gaj-River, Kirthar Range, southeastern Pakistan.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Trapelus |
| Species: | T. agilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Trapelus agilis (Olivier, 1807)
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| Synonyms | |
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Agama agilis | |
References
edit- ^ a b Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah (1999). "Two new subspecies of Trapelus agilis complex (Sauria: Agamidae) from lowland southwestern Iran and southeastern Pakistan". Asiatic Herpetological Research. 8: 90–101. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.24611.
- Anderson S. C. 1966 The lectotype of Agama isolepis Boulenger. Herpetologica 22: 230–231. JSTOR 3890691
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1887 A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained near Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A.S.G. Jayakar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 407-408
- Olivier 1807 Voy. Emp. Otho. 4: 394
- Ananjeva, Natalia B.; Milto, Konstantin D.; Barabanov, Andrei V.; Golynsky, Evgeny A. (2020). "An annotated type catalogue of amphibians and reptiles collected by Nikolay A. Zarudny in Iran and Middle Asia". Zootaxa. 4722 (2): 101–128. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4722.2.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 32230629.
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